One of the essential aspects that makes software development progress towards its final goal is efficient project management. Project management directs, drives, and advances your software development towards success. When you find the right software development methodology for the project you’re working on, this will effectively carry out your project management. Here we look at the 4 top software development methodologies that you need to understand before you choose one for your unique project.
Waterfall methodology is considered the ‘traditional’ software development, consisting of a linear model with sequential phases. When you group each task or phase one at a time, you will need to meet each specific goal before moving on to the next stage, but there is no backtracking to the previous phases. A Spiral methodology is an extension of Waterfall methodology that adds rapid prototyping to reduce risk and accommodate larger scale projects.
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Rapid Application Development methodology is the ideal way to take maximum advantage of the development software with minimal investment costs. RAD is a condensed model that allows quick adjustments to fast track results. The four stages of RAD methodology are requirements planning, user design, construction, and cutover, but you repeat the user design and construction phases until you meet the project requirements.
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The agile methodology develops software in small increments to minimize the risk or bugs and mistakes. There are many variations including Scrum, Crystal, Extreme Programming (XP), and Feature-Driven Development (FDD). By working in increments in these small-time frames (called iterations), Agile methodology improves efficiency by finding problems and fixing them early on in development.
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DevOps Deployment methodology promotes a more exceptional communication and collaboration between IT and development operations for improving time to market, failure rate, lead time, and reliability.
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Choosing the right software development methodology is critical to the success and efficiency of your project. By working with an experienced and knowledgeable project manager can help you find the right methodology for your project.
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