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Agile Methodology - Strengths & Weaknesses

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Strengths and Weaknesses of the Agile Methodology

Software development methodologies are suitable in different situations and all of them have positive and negatives.

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Merits of agile

  • With an agile methodology, the client can take a product to market more quickly.
  • Clients can receive incremental updates for the product.
  • The final product has absolute certainty that it is what the client wanted as they are constantly involved with its development over each iteration.
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Drawbacks of agile

  • Agile offers less predictability compared to waterfall for timings and costings as the process constantly repeats.
  • Agile methodology requires higher time input from the client as they are constantly required for feedback and consultation at all stages of the development process.
  • Agile methodology can easily go off track and a project can last well beyond the initial idea, meaning high costs and high time input.
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Usage

  • Agile is best suited to projects where the client has a good idea of what they want, but also has a lot of time they can invest into controlling the project and feeding back on it.

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