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Agile Methodology

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Agile Methodology

When working in software development organisations follow software development systems to ensure the project is a success. Agile methodology is one such system.

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Agile methodology

  • Agile methodology has a series of stages like the waterfall lifecycle.
  • Some of the stages are repeated to allow for people to change their requirements and develop a product over several iterations, called sprints.
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User requirements

  • The agile system starts with user requirements, with a focus on splitting up the project into user stories.
  • User stories are descriptions of the different ways the system will be used, what it will look like and what they expect it to do.
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Sprint

  • A development sprint is a short time-frame during which a specific user story is completed.
  • A sprint planning meeting is held to prioritize and categorise these user stories and set up the work for the development sprint.
  • This product is a fully working “deliverable” that the client or market can use instantly.
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Iteration

  • The deliverable is given to the client.
  • The product is evaluated and this information is fed back into the next sprint planning meeting.
  • The sprint planning meeting and the sprint are repeated multiple times until the full scope of the project is agreed as finished.

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1Components of a Computer

2Software & Software Development

3Exchanging Data

4Data Types, Data Structures & Algorithms

5Legal, Moral, Cultural & Ethical Issues

6Elements of Computational Thinking

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6.2Thinking Ahead

6.3Thinking Procedurally

6.4Thinking Logically

6.5Thinking Concurrently

7Problem Solving & Programming

8Algorithms

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