Four Key Elements of the Agile Model
For many years, those were your choices. But now there is a different choice for IT development - Agile. Calling them methodologies is probably too broad a word. It might be better to refer to them as approaches for doing development, or even philosophies. There are four general beliefs that light methodologies have in common. Develop in short cycles. Agile "sprints" usually take no more than 30 days each - or shorter. Partial solutions should be up and running in a very short time, with very tight iterative cycles designed to deliver continually working code that is built up to a final solution. Value the people. People should be valued and treated with respect. Managers should trust them to do a good job and get out of the way. Agile teams work on a challenging but steady pace that can theoretically be sustained indefinitely. Involve the client. If you are going to achieve the rapid results, the client must be an integral part of the project team. In fact, they should b...