| Agile Software Development | Agile software development is a group of software development methodologies based on iterative and incremental development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams. The Agile Manifesto introduced the term in 2001. Corporate Interactive strives to develop all applications using the Agile Software Development methodology. Agile Manifesto In February 2001, 17 software developers met at a ski resort in Snowbird, Utah, to discuss lightweight development methods. They published the "Manifesto for Agile Software Development" to define the approach now known as agile software development. Some of the manifesto's authors formed the Agile Alliance, a non-profit organisation that promotes software development according to the manifesto's principles. Twelve principles underlie the Agile Manifesto, including: - Customer satisfaction by rapid delivery of useful software
- Welcome changing requirements, even late in development
- Working software is delivered frequently (weeks rather than months)
- Working software is the principal measure of progress
- Sustainable development, able to maintain a constant pace
- Close, daily cooperation between businesspeople and developers
- Face-to-face conversation is the best form of communication (co-location)
- Projects are built around motivated individuals, who should be trusted
- Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design
- Simplicity
- Self-organizing teams
- Regular adaptation to changing circumstances
In 2005, a group headed by Alistair Cockburn and Jim Highsmith wrote an addendum of project management principles, the Declaration of Interdependence, to guide software project management according to agile development methods. At Corporate Interactive all our development and project staff are well versed in agile development methodologies. One of our senior technical leads is a certified Scrum Master trained by one of the founders of the Scrum Alliance. | |