📩 A Quick Guide to Understanding Agile

Thaisa Fernandes
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1 min readFeb 27, 2023

Agile and Waterfall are two different approaches to software development.

Agile is a flexible approach that emphasizes constant collaboration with the customer, delivering small working pieces of software frequently, and adapting to changes in requirements. Waterfall is a structured, sequential approach where each stage of development must be completed before moving on to the next and the entire design is determined upfront.

Both methodologies have their own advantages and disadvantages, and the choice between them depends on the specific requirements and constraints of a project.

Agile is well-suited for projects with rapidly changing requirements and close collaboration between the development team and the customer, while Waterfall is more appropriate for projects with well-defined requirements that are unlikely to change and provide more structure and discipline.

Key skills required for Agile development include strong communication and collaboration, flexibility, problem-solving, and project management, while key skills required for Waterfall development include rigorous planning, strong documentation, attention to detail, and ability to manage large projects.

The choice between Agile and Waterfall ultimately depends on the specific needs of the project, team, and stakeholders involved.

A Quick Guide to Understanding Agile: An Overview of the Development Philosophy

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