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Agile methodology is a flexible project management approach that emphasizes collaboration, customer feedback, and iterative development. It includes various frameworks like Scrum and Kanban, focusing on delivering smaller increments of work to adapt to changing requirements. While Agile offers benefits such as customer satisfaction and quick delivery, it also has limitations like less documentation and challenges in large organizations.

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Agile Methods

Agile methodology is a flexible project management approach that emphasizes collaboration, customer feedback, and iterative development. It includes various frameworks like Scrum and Kanban, focusing on delivering smaller increments of work to adapt to changing requirements. While Agile offers benefits such as customer satisfaction and quick delivery, it also has limitations like less documentation and challenges in large organizations.

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Agile Methods

Agile methodology is a project management and software development approach that


emphasizes flexibility, collaboration, and customer-centricity. It is known for breaking a
project into smaller parts and adjusting to changing requirements1. Agile methodologies
prioritize delivering smaller pieces of work regularly instead of one big launch, allowing
teams to adapt to changes quickly and provide customer value faster1.

Key Principles of Agile

Agile methodologies are iterative and incremental, focusing on delivering a working


product quickly and frequently. This involves close collaboration between the
development team and the customer to ensure that the product meets their needs and
expectations1. The Agile Manifesto, created in 2001, outlines four values and twelve
principles that guide Agile practices2.

Agile Frameworks

Several frameworks fall under the Agile umbrella, each with its unique approach but
sharing the core principles of Agile. Some popular Agile frameworks include:

• Scrum: A framework that uses fixed-length iterations called sprints to build a


product incrementally2.

• Kanban: A method that emphasizes real-time communication of the team's


capacity and full transparency of work2.

• Lean: Focuses on delivering value to customers quickly by eliminating waste and


improving processes1.

• Extreme Programming (XP): Aims to improve software quality and


responsiveness to changing customer requirements through frequent releases in
short development cycles1.

Agile Project Management

Agile project management is an iterative approach to managing software development


projects that focuses on continuous releases and customer feedback2. It involves
breaking down the project into manageable sprints, each delivering a potentially
shippable increment of the product1. This approach allows teams to respond to
changes in the marketplace or feedback from customers quickly without derailing long-
term plans2.

Benefits of Agile Methodology

Agile methodologies offer several advantages, including:


• Immediate Feedback: Agile allows for immediate feedback, which aids in
software improvement in the next increment1.

• Adaptability: Agile is highly adaptable to rapidly changing requirements,


allowing responsive adjustments1.

• Customer Satisfaction: Agile prioritizes customer satisfaction by involving them


throughout the development process1.

• Time-Efficiency: Agile practices help in delivering software quickly and reducing


time-to-market1.

• Flexibility: Agile methodologies are known for their flexibility and adaptability1.

Limitations of Agile Methodology

Despite its benefits, Agile also has some limitations:

• Less Documentation: Agile focuses on less documentation, prioritizing working


on projects rather than paperwork1.

• Challenges in Large Organizations: Busy schedules of clients can make daily


meetups and face-to-face communication difficult1.

• Need for Senior Programmers: Agile may require experienced programmers to


make critical decisions during development1.

• Limited Scope Control: Agile has less rigid scope control, which may not be
suitable in certain situations1.

Conclusion

Agile methodology is a flexible and customer-centric approach to project management


and software development. It emphasizes delivering smaller pieces of work regularly,
allowing teams to adapt to changes quickly and provide customer value faster. Agile
methodologies prioritize collaboration, continuous improvement, and responding to
change, making them well-suited for projects with unclear or rapidly changing
requirements12.
What are the 4 pillars of Agile?

As outlined in the Agile Manifesto, there are four main values of Agile project
management:

1. Individuals over processes and tools. Agile teams value team collaboration and
teamwork over working independently and doing things "by the book.”

2. Working software over comprehensive documentation. The software that Agile


teams develop should work. Additional work, like documentation, is not as
important as developing good software.

3. Customer collaboration over contract negotiation. Customers are extremely


important within the Agile methodology. Agile teams allow customers to guide
where the software should go. Therefore, customer collaboration is more
important than the finer details of contract negotiation.

4. Responding to change over following a plan. One of the major benefits of Agile
project management is that it allows teams to be flexible. This framework allows
for teams to quickly shift strategies and workflows without derailing an entire
project.

What are the 12 Agile principles?

If the four values of the Agile model are the weight-bearing pillars of a house, then the
12 Agile principles are the rooms you can build within that house. These principles can
be easily adapted to fit the needs of your software development process.

The 12 principles used in Agile methodology are:

1. Satisfy customers through early, continuous improvement and delivery.When


customers receive new updates regularly, they're more likely to see the changes
they want within the product. This leads to happier, more satisfied customers—
and more recurring revenue.

2. Welcome changing requirements, even late in the project. The Agile framework is
all about adaptability. In iterative approaches like Agile, being inflexible causes
more harm than good.

3. Deliver value frequently. Similar to principle #1, continuous delivery of value to


your customers or stakeholders frequently makes it less likely for them to churn.

4. Break the silos of your projects. Cross-functional teams and collaboration is a


key Agile value. The goal is for people to break out of their individual projects
and collaborate more frequently.

5. Build projects around motivated individuals. Agile management works best when
teams are committed and actively working to achieve a goal.
6. The most effective way to communicate is face-to-face. If you’re working on a
distributed team, spend time communicating in ways that involve face-to-face
communication like Zoom calls or daily stand-up meetings.

7. Working software is the primary measure of progress. The ultimate goal of


software development projects is a working product, and the Agile framework
supports this by prioritizing functional software above all.

8. Maintain a sustainable working pace. Some aspects of Agile project


management can be fast-paced, but it shouldn't be so fast that team
members burn out. The goal is to maintain sustainability throughout the
development process.

9. Continuous excellence enhances agility. If the team develops excellent code in


one sprint, they can continue to build off of it the next. Continually creating great
work allows teams to move faster in the future.

10. Simplicity is essential. Sometimes the simplest solution is the best solution.
Agile development aims to not overcomplicate things and find simple answers to
complex problems.

11. Self-organizing teams generate the most value. Similar to principle #5, proactive
teams become valuable assets to the company as they strive to deliver
continuous improvement.

12. Regularly reflect and adjust your way of work to improve


effectiveness. Retrospective meetings are a common Agile practice. It's a
dedicated time for Agile teams to look back and reflect on their performance and
adapt their behaviors for the future.

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