Agile Methodology for Software Development

What is Agile Methodology? Agile is a term used to describe approaches to software development emphasizing incremental delivery, team collaboration, continual planning and learning. Agile is flexible, fast, and aims for continuous improvements in quality, using eXtreme and Scrum programming.
Agile was developed for the software industry to improve the development process. It allows developers and teams to deliver a better product, in a faster manner, iterative, interactive sessions.

It is important to realize that Agile is not a “thing”, Aglie is a mindset that drives an approach to software development. There is no one approach here that works for all situations, rather the term Agile has come to represent a variety of methods and practices that align with the value statements in the manifesto.
There are many Agile frameworks that provide specifics on development practices. The most popular Agile framework is Scrum. Scrum is a lightweight agile project management framework with broad applicability for managing and controlling iterative and incremental projects of all types. Thanks to Scrum methodology, the product owner works closely with the team to identify system functionality in form of product backlog. The product backlog consists of features, non-functional requirements, bug fixes, etc. Scrum methodology is proven to scale to multiple teams across very big organizations with more than 800 people.
Extreme Programming has emerged as one of the most popular and controversial agile methodologies. Extreme Programming is a disciplined approach to delivering high-quality software continuously and very quickly. In Extreme Programming the customer works very closely with the development team to define and prioritize granular units of functionality referred to as user stories. The development team plans, estimates and delivers the highest priority user stories in the form of working, tested software on an iteration-by iteration bases. In order to provide a high productivity, the practices supply a supportive, lightweight framework to guide a team and ensure high-quality software.
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