Sidra Agile Software Process

AGILE SOFTWARE PROCESSES
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING 1
SIDRA MATLOOB SHEIKH
BSCS 4 B

INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS AN AGILE PROCESS?
CHARACTERIZED:

Difficult to predict which software requirements will persists or which change
For software: design and construction are interleaved. Both activities are used in tandem.
Analysis design, construction are not predictable.

INTRODUCTION
There are many specific agile development
methods most promote:

AGILE METHODS:
Break tasks into small increments with minimal planning

ITERATION

ITERATION

At the end of each iteration customer representative review progress and re-evaluate priorities with a view to optimizing the return on investment and ensuring alignment with customer needs and company goals

HISTORY

The modern definition of agile software evolved in mid of 1990s , perceived to be typified by a
Heavily regulating
Regimented
Micro managed use of the waterfall model were seen as:
Bureaucratic
Slow
Demeaning
Inconsistent

With a ways that software developers actually perform effective work

HISTORY

“Light weight methods “
In 2001 ,prominent member of community of met at Snowbird ,Utah and Adopted the name “Agile Methods”
An adaptive software development process was introduced in a paper by Edmonds 1974
Early Agile methods include scrum 1995
The crystal year , Extreme Programming 1996
ASD, FDD,DSDM 1995

These typically are referred to as Agile methodologies since Agile Manifesto was published in 2001

Principles Behind Agile Process

Agile methods are a family of development processes, not a single approach to software development
In 2001, 17 prominent figures in the field of agile development came together “ to discuss ways of creating software in a lighter , faster ,more people-centric way“
They coined the term Agile Software Development and created the Agile Manifesto, widely regarded as canonical definition of agile development & accompanying agile principles

Agile States Are