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Agile Development
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 The Manifesto for
Agile Software Development
“We are uncovering better ways of developing
software by doing it and helping others do it.
Through this work we have come to value:
•Individuals and interactions over processes
and tools
•Working software over comprehensive
documentation
•Customer collaboration over contract
negotiation
•Responding to change over following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items on the
right, we value the items on the left more.”
Kent Beck et al
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 What is “Agility”?
 Effective (rapid and adaptive) response to change
 Effective communication among all stakeholders

 Drawing the customer onto the team

 Organizing a team so that it is in control of the

work performed
Yielding …
 Rapid, incremental delivery of software

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 An Agile Process
 Is driven by customer descriptions of what is
required (scenarios)
 Recognizes that plans are short-lived
 Develops software iteratively with a heavy
emphasis on construction activities
 Delivers multiple ‘software increments’
 Adapts as changes occur

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 Extreme Programming (XP)
 The most widely used agile process, originally proposed
by Kent Beck
 XP Planning
 Begins with the creation of “user stories”
 Agile team assesses each story and assigns a cost
 Stories are grouped to for a deliverable increment
 A commitment is made on delivery date
 After the first increment “project velocity” is used to help define
subsequent delivery dates for other increments

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 Extreme Programming (XP)
 XP Design
 Follows the KIS principle
 Encourage the use of CRC cards (see Chapter 8)
 For difficult design problems, suggests the creation of “ spike solutions”—a design
prototype
 Encourages “refactoring”—an iterative refinement of the internal program design
 XP Coding
 Recommends the construction of a unit test for a store before coding commences
 Encourages “pair programming”
 XP Testing
 All unit tests are executed daily
 “Acceptance tests” are defined by the customer and excuted to assess customer
visible functionality

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 Extreme Programming (XP)
sp ike so lut io ns
simp le d esig n
p ro t o t yp es
CRC card s
user st o ries
values
accep t ance t est crit eria
it erat io n p lan

refact o ring

p air
p ro g ramming

Release
s o ft wa re in cre m e n t unit t est
p roje ct v e lo cit y com p ut e d co nt inuo us int eg rat io n

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 Adaptive Software Development
 Originally proposed by Jim Highsmith
 ASD — distinguishing features
 Mission-driven planning
 Component-based focus
 Uses “time-boxing” (See Chapter 24)
 Explicit consideration of risks
 Emphasizes collaboration for requirements gathering
 Emphasizes “learning” throughout the process

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 Adaptive Software Development
ad ap t ive cycle p lanning Req uirement s g at hering
use s m issio n st at e m e nt JAD
pro je c t c o nst raint s m ini-sp e cs
b asic re quire m e nt s
t ime-b o xed release p lan

Release
s o ft wa re in cre m e n t
a d ju s t m e nt s f o r s u bs e q u e n t cy cle s
co mp o nent s imp lement ed / t est ed
f o cus g ro up s f o r f eed b ack
f o rm al t echnical revie ws
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 Dynamic Systems Development Method

 Promoted by the DSDM Consortium (www.dsdm.org)

 DSDM—distinguishing features
 Similar in most respects to XP and/or ASD
 Nine guiding principles
 Active user involvement is imperative.
 DSDM teams must be empowered to make decisions.
 The focus is on frequent delivery of products.
 Fitness for business purpose is the essential criterion for acceptance of deliverables.
 Iterative and incremental development is necessary to converge on an accurate
business solution.
 All changes during development are reversible.
 Requirements are baselined at a high level
 Testing is integrated throughout the life-cycle.

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 Dynamic Systems Development Method

DSDM Life Cycle (with permission of the DSDM consortium)

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 Scrum
 Originally proposed by Schwaber and Beedle
 Scrum—distinguishing features
 Development work is partitioned into “packets”
 Testing and documentation are on-going as the product is
constructed
 Work occurs in “sprints” and is derived from a “backlog” of
existing requirements
 Meetings are very short and sometimes conducted without
chairs
 “demos” are delivered to the customer with the time-box
allocated

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 Scrum

Scru m Proce s s Flo w (us e d wit h p e rm is s io n )

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 Crystal
 Proposed by Cockburn and Highsmith
 Crystal—distinguishing features
 Actually a family of process models that allow
“maneuverability” based on problem characteristics
 Face-to-face communication is emphasized
 Suggests the use of “reflection workshops” to review the
work habits of the team

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 Feature Driven Development
 Originally proposed by Peter Coad et al
 FDD—distinguishing features
 Emphasis is on defining “features”
 a feature “is a client-valued function that can be implemented in
two weeks or less.”
 Uses a feature template
 <action> the <result> <by | for | of | to> a(n) <object>
 A features list is created and “plan by feature” is conducted
 Design and construction merge in FDD

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 Feature Driven Development

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 Agile Modeling
 Originally proposed by Scott Ambler
 Suggests a set of agile modeling principles
 Model with a purpose
 Use multiple models
 Travel light
 Content is more important than representation
 Know the models and the tools you use to create them
 Adapt locally

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