Agile Model
The meaning of Agile is swift or versatile."Agile process model" refers to
a software development approach based on iterative development. Agile
methods break tasks into smaller iterations, or parts do not directly
involve long term planning. The project scope and requirements are laid
down at the beginning of the development process. Plans regarding the
number of iterations, the duration and the scope of each iteration are
clearly defined in advance.
Each iteration is considered as a short time "frame" in the Agile process
model, which typically lasts from one to four weeks. The division of the
entire project into smaller parts helps to minimize the project risk and to
reduce the overall project delivery time requirements. Each iteration
involves a team working through a full software development life cycle
including planning, requirements analysis, design, coding, and testing
before a working product is demonstrated to the client.
Phases of Agile Model:
Following are the phases in the Agile model are as follows:
1. Requirements gathering
2. Design the requirements
3. Construction/ iteration
4. Testing/ Quality assurance
5. Deployment
6. Feedback
1. Requirements gathering: In this phase, you must define the
requirements. You should explain business opportunities and plan the
time and effort needed to build the project. Based on this information, you
can evaluate technical and economic feasibility.
2. Design the requirements: When you have identified the project,
work with stakeholders to define requirements. You can use the user flow
diagram or the high-level UML diagram to show the work of new features
and show how it will apply to your existing system.
3. Construction/ iteration: When the team defines the requirements,
the work begins. Designers and developers start working on their project,
which aims to deploy a working product. The product will undergo various
stages of improvement, so it includes simple, minimal functionality.
4. Testing: In this phase, the Quality Assurance team examines the
product's performance and looks for the bug.
5. Deployment: In this phase, the team issues a product for the user's
work environment.
6. Feedback: After releasing the product, the last step is feedback. In
this, the team receives feedback about the product and works through the
feedback.
Agile Testing Methods:
o Scrum
o Crystal
o Dynamic Software Development Method(DSDM)
o Feature Driven Development(FDD)
o Lean Software Development
o eXtreme Programming(XP)
Scrum
SCRUM is an agile development process focused primarily on ways to
manage tasks in team-based development conditions.
There are three roles in it, and their responsibilities are:
o Scrum Master: The scrum can set up the master team, arrange the
meeting and remove obstacles for the process
o Product owner: The product owner makes the product backlog,
prioritizes the delay and is responsible for the distribution of functionality
on each repetition.
o Scrum Team: The team manages its work and organizes the work to
complete the sprint or cycle. Sprint/Cycle1 week to max 4 weeks
eXtreme Programming(XP)
This type of methodology is used when customers are constantly
changing demands or requirements, or when they are not sure about the
system's performance.
When to use the Agile Model?
o When frequent changes are required.
o When a highly qualified and experienced team is available.
o When a customer is ready to have a meeting with a software team
all the time.
o When project size is small.
Advantage(Pros) of Agile Method:
1. Frequent Delivery
2. Face-to-Face Communication with clients.
3. Efficient design and fulfils the business requirement.
4. Anytime changes are acceptable.
5. It reduces total development time.
Disadvantages(Cons) of Agile Model:
Less documentation.
1. Due to the shortage of formal documents, it creates confusion and
crucial decisions taken throughout various phases can be
misinterpreted at any time by different team members.
2. Due to the lack of proper documentation, once the project
completes and the developers allotted to another project,
maintenance of the finished project can become a difficulty.
