AgileWhat is Agile Methodology?
Agile Methodology

What is Agile Methodology?

What do you mean by Agile Methodology?

To ensure a satisfactory and successful achievement of the goal an eye is to be kept continuously on the project and the management should be too powerful. Agile methodology is an exactly the needed method that will ensure an absolute work of a project. 

Any framework that is used to structure, plan and control the process of developing a system is its development methodology Agile is a continuous iterative method to use to develop software and test the software throughout the life cycle of project. 

Both methods development and testing are concurrent. It comprises various approaches to Software Development under which requirements and solutions evolve through the collaborative effort of self organizing and cross functional teams and their customers or end users. 

While there is much anecdotal evidence that adopting agile practices and values improves the agility of software professionals, teams and organizations. Another similar methodology for development of software is Waterfall. But there are two important differences which make agile methodology better:

 

  1. Same testing and build phase is adopted in agile methodology, while in waterfall these to phases are different
  2. Waterfall software development moves a project through various Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) phases. One phase is completed in its entirety before moving on to the next phase, which in Agile takes place simultaneously.

Principles used for Agile Methodology

There are prime twelve principles on which the agile methodology to develop a software is based. They are:

  1. Customer satisfaction by early and continuous delivery of valuable software.
  2. Welcome changing requirements, even in late development.
  3. Deliver working software frequently (weeks rather than months)
  4. Close, daily cooperation between business people and developers
  5. Projects are built around motivated individuals, who should be trusted
  6. Face-to-face conversation is the best form of communication (co-location)
  7. Working software is the primary measure of progress
  8. Sustainable development, able to maintain a constant pace
  9. Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design
  10. Simplicity—the art of maximizing the amount of work not done—is essential
  11. Best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams
  12. Regularly, the team reflects on how to become more effective, and adjusts accordingly

Why you should choose agile methodology for your project?

For the projects, businesses have a number of options to choose from. Though Agile methodology has proved to be very effective in larger organizations the communication and co-operation dynamics in a start-up is very different from that of a larger organization. 

Its effectiveness has made it a deserved methodology from all the available methodology. Is is very important to manage projects even though you have a start-up, it proves the most effective but yes it is a bit effort asking methodology.

 

  1. Adapts to Organizational Change Quickly: Agile methodology provides a rapid response to change in the organization. It aids the dynamic characteristics of business processes and helps in managing changing requirements of the projects. One of the important principles of Agile Manifesto stresses on welcoming changing requirement, even if late in project.
  2. Encourages Individual Interaction: Agile methodology majorly depends on its stand-ups, the meetings. Every team member has to come prepared with answers to these questions. What have you accomplished since the last meeting? What are you currently working on? What are the obstacles or hurdles you are facing to do your job efficiently? The answers to these questions majorly describe the scope of the projects,profiles, schedules and specify everyone’s individual role in it. Everyone knows who is responsible for what. This eliminates the chances of any kind of duplication of work and clarifies confusion if any, among the team members ensuring good communication. 
  3. Installs The Culture of Working Cohesively: Agile methodology helps interacting with your peers on daily basis to discuss the ongoing projects and ensuring collectively that the projects stay on schedule and on track promotes teamwork- a sense of belonging with a clear sense of responsibility.
  4. Agile Development Boosts Quality: In agile development cross-functional teams eliminate bottlenecks through constant communication.  There is a sense of immediacy and dynamism. 
  5. Saves Time and Effort, Fostering Resourcefulness: Agile is a mindset. It believes in constantly adding value to the product by managing the constraints. Agile methodology ensures your projects remain in budget, on schedule and are completed without hitches. Start-ups work on limited resources. Agile development ensures optimal use of its resources. Teams are smaller and can work cross-functionally.
  6. Enables Diffusion of Knowledge and Cross-Training Across Organization: Daily meetings, the stand-ins, ensure everyone knows what everyone else from the team is working on at any given time. There is diffusion of knowledge and by sharing the details of the development process together team members know and understand even the parts of the components they aren’t directly associated with.
  7. Keeps all the stake holders in the loop: Agile methodology is aimed at promoting sustainable development while ensuring all the stakeholders -like product owners, developers and users are in the loop. Scrum, a part of the agile movement helps you achieve that.

Tools for projects based on Agile Methodology

1. Active Collab

Pros: Intuitive, outstanding support, iOS apps, can bill the client straight through the app, time tracking, and the ability to limit which user sees what.
Cons: Timeline and column views for tasks instead of Gantt.

2. Agilo for Scrum

Pros: A great communication system, responsive support team (24-hour response time), and well-priced.
Cons: No ability to host more than one project, no mobile app, and some have noted that the system is difficult to learn.

3. Pivotal Tracker

Pros: Great specifically for Agile software development, lots of integrations, supports cross-functional teams, and free for individuals and public projects.
Cons: Support can be slow for non-paying users and the system is difficult to customize.

4. Sprint Ground

Pros: Great for software development, encourages customer-driven product development, and has many traditional Scrum functions like burndown charts.
Cons: File storage is limited regardless of which plan you choose

5. Target Process

Pros: Gorgeous, unique design that’s great for enterprise companies.
Cons: Company charges $150 per hour for training on how to use their own product for “free” members (paid members get training for free).

Agile methodology is the best bet for start-ups.  It ensures that iterations are faster.

It helps in managing its resources optimally and the business gets on track at their earliest.

By adopting agile methodology start-ups can reduce their costs, keep the teams closely knit, keep their projects on schedule and yes, stakeholders get better returns on their investments.

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