Advantages Of Agile Software Development

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Agile Methods In software application development, agile software development (ASD) is a methodology which attempts to build a system incrementally, by building prototypes serially and frequently adjusting them to meet users’ requirements. Agile software development focuses on simplifying codes, testing often, and delivering functional bits of the application as soon as they're ready. The goal of ASD is to build upon small client-approved parts as the project progresses, as against delivering one large application at the end of the project. As the process develops, it is revised, extended and merged with earlier versions until it reaches a concluding product. An agile approach emphasizes continuous feedback, and each additional step is based…show more content…
It consumes a lot of users’ time 6. There is a possibility of accruing project cost and overall development time on long series of iteration if work is not properly documented In summary, System Analysts should weigh the pro and con of different approaches for a system project before choosing a development method Agile Method is used in the following scenarios: 1. When new changes need to be implemented. The freedom agile gives to changes is such that, new changes can be implemented at very little costs due to frequency in production of new increments. 2. To implement a new feature the developers need to lose only the work of a few days, or even only hours, to roll back and implement it. 3. When end users’ needs are ever changing which is the norm in dynamic business and IT world. Changes can be discussed and features can be newly effected or removed based on feedback. 4. When there is need for freedom of time and option which gives the ability to leave important decisions until more or better data/ hosting programs are available. Hence can a project can keep moving forward without fear of coming to a standstill 5. When a new feature is to be implemented, the developers need only…show more content…
Needs must, that they provide and prioritize new system requirements and, also evaluate the iterations of the system. Incremental delivery: The software is developed in an upward iteration with the client specifying the requirements to be added in each upward iteration. People not process: Agile software is focused heavily on people and interactions amongst these people, rather than process. This is because it is the input from the team and customers that will make the project a success, not the tool used. Embrace change: Be ready at any time for a change. The system requirements will always change (that, after all is the reason, Agile was chosen). Hence design the system to accommodate these changes. Maintain simplicity: Focus on simplicity in both the software and in the development process. Wherever possible, actively work to eliminate complexity from the system. Extreme Programming (XP) & Scrum Numerous other adaptive variations and related methods exist, and it expected that this trend will continue in the future. Two examples are Scrum and Extreme Programming (XP). They differ in particulars but share same iterative approach as described
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