Friday "Term of the week" Series

Term of the Week : Extreme Programming

Extreme Programming or XP as it is widely known is a software development methodology, with the goal to improve software quality and responsiveness to changing customer requirements. Extreme Programming (XP)  is a type of agile software development but has it’s own principles on practices over those of agile. It is is similar to a Scrum but… Continue reading Term of the Week : Extreme Programming

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Extreme Programming Vs. Scrum

We have discussed in detail what Scrum and Extreme Programming (or XP) are and how they work. Though, they might look similar in nature, they have some subtle differences. Let us look at these differences below – Scrum teams work in slightly longer iterations. The iteration or a Sprint in a Scrum can last from two weeks… Continue reading Extreme Programming Vs. Scrum

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An introduction to Extreme Programming

Extreme Programming or XP as it is widely known is a software development methodology, with the goal to improve software quality and responsiveness to changing customer requirements. It has the following goals – Have shorter development cycles and frequent releases. Produce higher quality software more productively. Have checkpoints to accommodate new or changing customer requirements. Extreme… Continue reading An introduction to Extreme Programming

Friday "Term of the week" Series

Term of the Week : Scrum

Scrum is a framework to implement agile methodology for product development. Scrum projects develop the product in iterations. These iterations are fixed-length and are called Sprints. The sprint could last a week, or two weeks or even a month. This can be decided by studying the nature of the project. Every sprint has an end that is called… Continue reading Term of the Week : Scrum

Friday "Term of the week" Series

Term of the Week : Agile

The term Agile or Agile Methodology refers to an alternative to traditional project management.Instead of using the typical waterfall model, it uses an incremental or iterative approach called as Sprints. This methodology is given preference over to the traditional methods because it promotes adaptive planning, evolutionary development, early delivery, and continuous improvement, and it encourages rapid… Continue reading Term of the Week : Agile

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Scrum – A brief overview

For most of the people who have been working in the field of IT must be aware of Scrum methodology and might have even used it in their projects. Scrum is one of the frameworks for implementing agile. Now, what is Agile? Agile is alternative to traditional waterfall development and is known to be more… Continue reading Scrum – A brief overview