Agile Methodology Notes/Vocab
Here are some notes and vocab that I jotted down for Agile Methodology.
Agile Methodology: Overview
- Includes practices such as pair programming, test-driven development, stand-ups, planning sessions, and sprints
- Brings out all the good charactristics in group development
The 12 Principles
- Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software.
- Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer’s competitive advantage.
- Deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a preference to the shorter timescale.
- Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project.
- Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done.
- The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.
- Working software is the primary measure of progress!!!
- Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely.
- Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility.
- Simplicity–the art of maximizing the amount of work not done–is essential.
- The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.
- At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly.
Key Vocab
Sprint - period of time that a team uses to plan and execute work. This includes planning, research, development, deployment, and test.
Creativity - in the context of education and a workplace, creativity presents itself as how you approach tasks and look for solutions to problems.
Critical thinking - being able to look at things more deeply and understand things such as ways to improve something.
Communication - includes verbal (how you address an audience in terms they can understand), listening (learning and understanding), writing, and technological communication skills.
Researching - can include analyzing information, brainstorming solutions, extracting information from data, gathering information, setting goals, and solving problems.