Agile Methodology

By IntroBooks Team

Agile is a set of values and principles that encourage adaptive, iterative and more responsive software development. It is not a set of rules. More than a methodology, agile is a mindset. It prescribes and encourages some practices aimed at improving software quality and thereby ensuring customer satisfaction. Self-organizing cross-functional teams deliver better results quickly. Dividing the work into bite sizes offers many advantages. Frequent collaboration among the developers and stakeholders increases the confidence and comfort level of all. High quality working software and just enough documentation should be the goal and not the reverse. Customer needs, market conditions and technology change. So, organizations should be better equipped to embrace changes. Bringing about changes to an existing product should not be a tedious process. But a part of the normal workflow. Although not free from criticisms, the vast majority in the software development industry agree that agile is the way forward.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IntroBooks
• Release date: Nov 20, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393544128

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Agile Methodology

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Preface

Agile is a set of values and principles that encourage adaptive, iterative and more responsive software development. It is not a set of rules. More than a methodology, agile is a mindset. It prescribes and encourages some practices aimed at improving software quality and thereby ensuring customer satisfaction. Self-organizing cross-functional teams deliver better results quickly. Dividing the work into bite sizes offers many advantages. Frequent collaboration among the developers and stakeholders increases the confidence and comfort level of all. High quality working software and just enough documentation should be the goal and not the reverse. Customer needs, market conditions and technology change. So, organizations should be better equipped to embrace changes. Bringing about changes to an existing product should not be a tedious process. But a part of the normal workflow. Although not free from criticisms, the vast majority in the software development industry agree that agile is the way forward.

Summary

Agile is an approach for iterative software development. It comprises of a set of values and principles. Agile is aimed at producing high quality working software continuously. A project is broken into small functionalities. The Manifesto for Agile Software Development was published in 2001. There are four main values in agile. They are-

Individuals and Interactions over processes and tools:highly motivated and technically excellent individuals and regular communication among them determine the project's success. Processes and tools should help the team to develop high-quality software. That should not be an overhead or hindrance to the team. Self-organizing teams are central to this concept.

Working software over comprehensive documentation:Working software should be the measure of progress. Minimum and essential documentation is encouraged saving time and money.

Customer Collaboration over contract negotiation: Frequent two-way communication is needed between