📩 Working with Remote Teams: Tips for Developing Apps Using Agile Methodology

Are you planning to develop an app using Agile methodologies while working with a remote team? With the increasing demand for innovation and the need to meet shorter deadlines, Agile methodologies offer a way to manage software development that is different from the traditional Waterfall methodology. This blog post discusses the steps that you can take to effectively work with remote teams using Agile methodologies.

• Step 1: Product Definition To define the product, you need to put business requirements on paper and create wireframes based on these requirements. The wireframes should have a set of app features. You do not need to have all the features of the app in detail, but you can start by listing the most important features that should be delivered first. You can create a backlog of the first sprints that will be the first part of the app that will be developed.
• Step 2: Research Research is critical before, during, and after the app development process. You need to validate your research and discover if the end-users really want to use your product, how, where, and when. Before launching an app, testing with users is essential. The app should be tested with end-users to ensure that all the features that users need are delivered, and to understand how the users will be using the app. This will help identify any critical bugs that need to be resolved before launch.
• Step 3: Development The development work is planned in sprints, and each sprint can last from 1 up to 4 weeks. Each sprint has its own goals, and the development team defines the amount of work that will be done. When the team is going to develop an app, they face different challenges because each app has a unique set of complexities. It all depends on these complexities, what libraries will be used, or whether everything will be built from scratch. Each sprint includes the termination of all features planned during that period. It also has a goal that must be agreed upon by the team and needs to be reached on its termination.
• Step 4: Quality Assurance Quality assurance (QA) should start as soon as an app is developed. It is essential to test the app with different operating systems, internet speeds, and for different uses. QA ensures that the initial version of the app feels familiar to users and is close to what they expected and need. Critical bugs should be resolved before launch.

Agile methodologies and frameworks offer great opportunities and value for building apps in short cycles. Using Agile methodologies and frameworks, we can deliver faster and more efficiently. By delivering faster, we have more opportunity to test the product, feel the market, and also fail faster. Agile methodologies require collaborative team effort, and this can be achieved through regular meetings like daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint review, and sprint retrospective.

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Thaisa Fernandes

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