The Agile Manifesto, which lays out 12 principles for agile software development, was written in 2001, a time when many people were still using dial-up internet. While these principles still influence ...

One of agile development’s core principles is to deliver working software at the end of every sprint. Teams accomplish this by defining robust user story acceptance criteria, committing to the sprint ...

The traditional model for software development is the waterfall approach, where development “flows” downward like a waterfall through six phases: analysis, design, implementation, validation testing, ...

Software development practices such as collaboration and openness to change are now being applied to all parts of a business Agile, a term that has become associated with building software in short ...

Many medical device companies develop software using a traditional waterfall methodology in which each step is taken in sequence: requirements, design, implementation, verification, and validation ...

In my profession, I'm fortunate to spend a lot of time talking to people about what's involved with running agile teams. When given this opportunity, I often find myself describing two aspects of ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

Editor’s Note: Over the past decade, agile development has proven itself as an effective approach for delivering software quickly, at high quality and responsive to fast-changing customer and market ...

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It’s ironic that the idea of Agile—a central concept of competitiveness in the 21 st Century economy—which began in manufacturing in the early 1990s, took hold in software, not manufacturing. While ...