Importance of Agile Development Methodology

What is Agile methodology or Agile project management?

In common, when we discuss the Agile method, it involves an iterative and incremental method of management. It centers on helping teams in an embryonic landscape and preserving a focus on the rapid delivery of business worth. The technologies used in Agile project management (Scrum, XP, and others) all follow the Agile policies that are based on continuous improvement, suppleness, the input of the team, and the delivery of final data with high quality.

Before going through the benefits of agile project management, we would like to bring out the contrast in the traditional & the agile development. In software development, we often speak about the “traditional model” which mainly points to the SDLC or Waterfall Model.

Very different to Agile method especially because it’s not iterative, Waterfall is more about a process where you can see the progress in a flow through the different phases. During the whole cycle, user participation is encouraged, providing visibility & lucidity, showing the actual development of projects.

Benefits of agile project management

High product quality

In Agile methodology, testing is integrated throughout the cycle, which means that there are regular tests performed to see that the product is working during the development. This enables the product owner to make modification if needed and the developers are alert if there are any…