Chapter 2. Agile Software Development
In this chapter, I will define what agile software development stands for and look at the key practices of agile development from a manager’s perspective. I’ll tie these practices to the motivations introduced in the previous chapter.
Definitions
Let’s take a look at the agile lingo before we dive into the practices of agile software development.
What Is Agile?
An agile methodology is a framework for software engineering that embraces change. For example, software development is often complex, and requirements are, especially in the beginning of a project, unknown or ambiguous. Therefore, an agile framework must have built-in mechanisms to allow the project to tackle and reduce these uncertainties. These mechanisms ...
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