Tag: Software Development

The Art of Agile Development | Book Series

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Overview: The book teaches you how to adopt XP practices, describes each practice in detail, then discusses principles that will allow you to modify XP and create your own agile method. In particular, this book tackles the difficult aspects of agile development: the need for cooperation and trust among team members. The book contains practical guidance for anyone considering or applying agile development for building valuable software. You get a gestalt view of the agile development process, including comprehensive guidance for non-technical readers and hands-on technical practices for developers and testers.

Authors:

James Shore and Shane Warden

Published In:

2007

Iterative Development | Glossary

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Definition

Iterative Development is a method that breaks down the large workload of a Software Development process into smaller chunks, and in cycles. The featured code is designed, developed and tested in continuous repeated cycles. Features are added/subtracted after each iteration so as to develop the software in its best possible condition to be deployed.

Iterative development is a key practice in Agile Development Methodology. It is a contrast with the traditional Waterfall Method, in which Development Cycle is ‘Gated’. The purpose of working in iterations is to allow more flexibility and change.  Every cycle brings more possibilities of improving the functionality of the product and towards finally building a great end product.

Further Reading

  •  “Agile and Iterative Development Complete Self-Assessment Guide” (book), by Gerardus Blokdyk .