IBM Agile for Dummies

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Chapter 1 Getting the ABCs of Agile

Looking Back at Software Development Approaches

Code-and-Fix/Big Bang development

wrote some code and then fixed incorrect things

software was deliverd all at once, in a “big bang”

Waterfall

  1. Requirement
  2. Design
  3. Development
  4. Integration
  5. Testing
  6. Deployment

Waterfall presented a step forward from Code-and-Fix.

Problems:

  1. Schedule risk
  2. limited flexibility
  3. Reduced customer involvement

The Spiral model