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Agile vs. Waterfall: Stakeholder Communication Efficiency in Hybrid Banking Projects

Author(s) Pratik Chawande
Country United States
Abstract The present paper examines the issue of communication efficiency in the framework of complex financial programs by contrasting the Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery models in the domains of banking and insurance. The study leverages a multi-case approach to analysis that combines tool telemetry (e.g., Jira, Confluence), communications artifacts, and stakeholder surveys to find breakdown points at the business, compliance, legal, IT, vendor, and audit functions. Results depict that Waterfall models are better in audit trails but have a slow feedback cycle and slow defect identification whereas Agile is faster in decision making. However, normally incompletely engages compliance leaving a trail gap. Hybrid models exhibit better balance where compliance is integrated as a first-class stakeholder with governance-similar cadences and traceability automation. The efficiency of communications is operationalized as metrics regarding decision latency, UAT defect density, requirements-to-test coverage and meeting cost. Based on expected outcomes, it is believed that compliance-related rework utilities (because of governance, tooling, and process interventions) can be reduced, whereas speed-to-decision and audit readiness can be improved under regulated financial settings.
Keywords Agile; Waterfall; Hybrid, Banking, Compliance; Stakeholder communication; Efficiency.
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Published In Volume 7, Issue 4, July-August 2025
Published On 2025-08-08
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i04.54994
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