Chapter 1: TheOrigins of Agile and Lightweight Methodologies
This chapter briefly touches on why agile concepts, values, and principles evolved to address issues with traditional plan-driven and linear sequential software development models. Driven by software engineers, the goal of agile is to eliminate the complexities, inefficiencies, and inflexibility of the traditional software development models.
This chapter explains where the traditional waterfall approach often fails due to its emphasis on detailed planning and the execution of deterministic life cycle development processes. Not everything about the traditional software development model is bad, especially with its historical emphasis on developing and applying mature business analysis ...
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