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This 12 page paper looks at what is meant by agile development, defining the concept and looking at the key aspects. The paper then goes on to consider the potential benefits and looks at the way that it has manifested in the commercial environment using specific real world examples. The bibliography cites 20 sources.
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such as the waterfall model. In a recent survey it was found that up 69% of organisations undertaken development had adopted some form of agile development in at least
part of the process (Ambler, 2008). The same survey reveals that the general perceptions of the benefits of agile development were improvements in quality and speed, with the majority of
organizations using iterations of four weeks or less (Ambler, 2008). To consider to potential of this approach it is necessary to consider what the approach is and how it manifests
and then look at some of the ways that it has been applied and used in the real rather than the theoretical world. The traditional development methodologies, such
as the waterfall methodology have been process based, however, as McCauley (2001) argues this is a method that will see the requirements of the software locked in form the very
early stages prior to the design and development, making it difficult to amend or adapt any of the requirements. The search to find alternate methodologies for development and lifecycle management
has been ongoing and the concept of agile development is one of the results. Hawrysh and Ruprecht (2000) believe that there is not single methodology that can be used
on the broad range of software projects that may be undertaken and for some projects a process orientated approach may be correct, but for others there needs to be a
more flexible approach, this also agrees with the ideas of McCauley (2001). Agile development is one of these more flexible approaches. Agile development is also known as adaptable software
creation. The main aim of the development is people centric aiming to provide functional software and completely satisfy customer needs. Agile development has its basis in a range of iterative
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