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Waterfall SDLC with Rework and Phase Delays

Type FlowchartStandard Sugiyama layered DAG + orthogonal routingEngine schematex-flowchartUpdated 6/16/2026
Waterfall SDLC with Rework and Phase Delays
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The scenario

A typical waterfall SDLC with sequential phases (requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance). The diagram includes approval gates after each phase and rework paths when issues are found during testing.

What is in this drawing

Read the decisions behind it.

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Rework from Testing to Development for minor bugs

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Rework from Testing to Design for major design flaws

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Approval gates after Requirements, Design, Development, and Deployment

For software projects following a structured waterfall model where rework is anticipated during the verification phase.

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