Agile Tools - Give Full Coverage Over Software Development Life Cycle

Jan. 23, 2013 - PRLog -- In order to make a project adaptable and free of any possible risk, Agile Tools are used to break the different tasks of a project into small portions. These small fragments have short-term plans, and are taken up by cross-functional teams. These small portions of a project can be – planning, designing, coding, testing, analyzing, and others. This process of breaking tasks into small portions is repeated within short time-frames, also called ‘time boxes’, till the project is finally ready to be demonstrated.

The commonly known agile tools are: Scrum, Extreme programming (XP), Feature Driven Development (FDD), Crystal Clear, Dynamic System Development Method (DSDM), Agile Unified Process (AUP), and others.
The Manifesto for Agile Development Software, published after a meeting of software experts, lays down certain principles for developing better agile tools. There is even an organization – Agile Alliance formed by some of its authors, which promotes software development as per the Manifesto’s approach.
Despite the offerings of this non-profit organization, project management tools developed by Rommana software can prove to be of immense help for demonstrating your product. The market is flooded with many agile tools. Some are available for free while others come for a price. It is necessary to select the right kind of tool for one’s project or business.

The aim of agile tools is to adapt accordingly with the changing needs of a project. It can be difficult to say what tasks will be done in the forthcoming time boxes, for they will have to be adapted according to changing requirements of a project.  xUnit test, domain-driven design, pair-programming – are some techniques adopted by agile tools for improving  a project.
Agile Tools are used in two different aspects:

In the first form, a system development approach for a project situation is determined through responsive changes in the project, and dynamic interplays among all the other fragments of the project. This is called ‘method tailoring’. Normally, all tools are suitable for this purpose. Tools like DSDM and XP were successfully used in method tailoring. Secondly, some tools focus on management of the project. However, there are other tools which give full coverage over software development life-cycle. Agile tools are induced in a project as per its requirements.

Agile Tools are seen to be more suitable for small teams, while research is being done for large-scale agile software development. Lately, it is being observed that agile methods are getting a positive responsive.

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