Agile Modeling

In a typical Information Technology department there are usually at least 2 teams. The development team that creates systems or software and the operations team that keeps the system or software running. Separation of these two teams leads to problems as the organization grows. Typical problems I have experienced pertain to more projects or work than resources available, a single person holding all the information or being the go-to person for work in the department, and finally not passing on…

of project management in Agile. It means that most of the Agile projects are run in a Scrum manner. Agile project management with Scrum has several main principles. Independence of the Scrum team is the first and the main principle of its work. It means that the team of Scrum developers has no strict limits to work within. In the traditional approach to software development, the team is usually provided with complete and detailed instructions on the future project. At Agile project management…

Collaborative: Agile approach emphasizes, strong collaboration between the stakeholders involved in the project over contract negotiation [6] and being a Agile framework, Scrum embraces customer collaboration. At Intuit, our team’s customer were Business Analysts as they were the users of the data our ETL pipeline provided. All throughout the project we were in tight collaboration with Business Analysts in every iteration. I am a “customer empathetic” engineer and I think as a project manager…

In Scrum, the events are divided into time boxed iterations called sprints which means once such sprint begins, the product should be delivered within the time frame allocated. Scrum adopts adaptive approach to face unpredictable changes in requirements also known as requirement volatility. It focuses on maximizing team’s ability to deliver product in time, response quickly to changes in requirements and adapt to the changes and need in the market. A sprint is the smallest fragment of scrum…

waterfall method and the agile development method. The waterfall method was originally defined by Winston W. Royce in 1970 (Hughey 2009.) The waterfall method is a linear sequence that goes from the requirements of the project to the design and then to the implementation (Kroenke, Boyle 2015.) The agile development method was introduced by software engineers in the 1980s and early 1990s. Agile Software Development is a set of software development methods in which requirements…

A scenario that best elucidates the operation of a 24 hour knowledge factory involves three or more geographically and temporally distributed software R&D teams. Traditionally, this scenario required that the complete project is sequentially moderated and assigned alternately to each of the teams. Collaboration between the teams, in this case, is minimal, restricted to communicating through the various interface provided. Unlike the traditional development model, the 24-h knowledge factory…

8 BEST PRACTICES TO FOLLOW IN AGILE METHODOLOGY From the late 1990’s, the software development sector experienced an upsurge in demand, as the world’s markets evolved to a more tech-oriented scope to their businesses. With a greater requirement for software development by companies targeting to increase delivery, value, and quality of output, a set of principles were constructed specifically for this purpose. These principles are collectively known as agile methodology, and they focus primarily…

1.1 Evaluate different systems lifecycle models Waterfall Model Waterfall approach was first SDLC Model to be used widely in Software Engineering to ensure the project success. In The Waterfall approach the whole software development and divided into separate phases. In Waterfall typically, model, the outcome of one phase acts as the input for the next phase sequentially. Following is a diagram representation of different phases of waterfall model. Waterfall Model Application…

Aqua America’s Software Methodology Justina Khuu The majority of Aqua America’s software is developed using the waterfall method, whether it is in-house or through contractors. Oftentimes there is a meeting set for requirements gathering between the developers and the managers or directors of the department that is to benefit from the software development, and then minimal contact between the two groups until the product is delivered. While this results in the least amount of upfront cost by…

Software Methodologies Agile Methodologies Agile Software Development (ASD) has in the recent years been an emerging development approach in the South African software development industry. The agile approach is continuously improving with time and companies are now identifying that, there are still difficulties in adopting the agile approach and how software is developed in an agile environment (Greer & Hamon 2011). Aleid (2015) explains agile as a set unconventional development methodologies,…