Understanding AGILE Methodology.
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UNDERSTANDING 
AGILE 
METHODOLOGY
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What Is Agile Methodology?
The Agile methodology is a way to manage a 
project by breaking it up into several phases. It 
involves constant collaboration with stakeholders 
and continuous improvement at every stage. 
Once the work begins, teams cycle through a 
process of planning, executing, and evaluating. 
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Values of Agile 
Methodology?
• Individuals and interactions over processes 
and tools
• Working software over comprehensive 
documentation
• Customer collaboration over contract 
negotiation
• Responding to change over following a plan
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Agile methodologies 
frameworks
•  It’s a process for managing a project that 
involves constant collaboration and working in 
iterations. 
• Today, the word Agile can refer to these 
values and the frameworks for implementing 
them, including Scrum, Kanban, Extreme 
Programming (XP), and Adaptive Project 
Framework (APF).
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WHAT IS SCRUM?
• Scrum is a subset of Agile. It is a lightweight 
process framework for agile development, and 
the most widely-used one.
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BENEFITS OF AGILE?
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Benefits to Customer
• Customers find that the vendor is more 
responsive to development requests. 
• High-value features are developed and 
delivered more quickly with short cycles, than 
with the longer cycles favored by classic 
“waterfall” processes.
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Benefits to Vendors
• Vendors reduce wastage by focusing 
development effort on high-value features, and 
reduce time-to-market relative to waterfall 
processes due to decreased overhead and 
increased efficiency. 
• Improved customer satisfaction translates to 
better customer retention and more positive 
customer references.
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Benefits to Development 
Teams
• Team members enjoy development work, and 
like to see their work used and valued. 
• Scrum benefits Team members by reducing 
non-productive work.
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Benefits to Product 
Managers
• Product Managers, who typically fill the 
Product Owner role, are responsible for 
making customers happy by ensuring that 
development work is aligned with customer 
needs. 
• Scrum makes this alignment easier by 
providing frequent opportunities to re-prioritize 
work, to ensure maximum delivery of value.
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Agile Methodologies
• Extreme Programming
• Kanban
• Lean
• Scrum
• Crystal
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