Scrum essentials for software development:

Why development is trending towards Agile.

In today’s highly competitive, global marketplace, there’s a lot to love about being Agile. Agile is a lightweight software development methodology that focuses on collaborative working styles, responsive teams and a commitment to delivering working software. Here are just some of the reasons more software developers like you are demanding Agile methodology from their off-shore development partners:

Efficiency. In Agile development, a Scum framework exists in which the product owner and Scrum master work with developers on dedicated Sprints for one to four weeks. By working with product owners in Scrum meetings on a daily basis, project requirements can easily be adapted to reflect changes in business requirements, with less emphasis on fully documented specifications and more emphasis on delivering working software.

Velocity. Agile development assures speed to market. That’s because feedback comes fast and product requirements are clear. The product backlog provides feature lists that are prioritized and key features that are defined, keeping developers on task and enabling launch to market at the earliest opportunity. 

Reliability. Agile teams are cross functioning and can perform many or all of the tasks within that team, team members commit to delivering features, rather than being allocated work items. Each feature involves all aspects of software development, including changes to architecture, software design, coding, unit testing and integration testing. Time can be allocated for periodic code reviews and code re-factoring reducing bugs and improving software development outcomes.

Quality. Each sprint yields a working module at its conclusion. By adopting continual integration of code, progress can also be demonstrated during the sprint to facilitate early feedback. At the end of each sprint, the working modules can be presented to all project stakeholders, again facilitating feedback.

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