Agile Development and Business Goals

Glossary

Term	Definition
Agile Manifesto	Statement of common values and goals crafted at a meeting of the creators of most major Agile methods that has been signed by thousands of software developers. This topic is discussed in detail in the section called “Quality and Software Craftsmanship” on page 129.
Automated Testing	Software used to be tested very manually: each new feature was tested painstakingly (and slowly). Now many software development teams automate their testing process as much possible. Not only does automation bring speed to the process, it increases the quality radically.
Build Process	Mechanism for turning a pile of code into a deployable product by compiling, measuring, testing, and packaging software.
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