Agile methodology can be defined as a software development methodology, which helps the software developers in their process. Though it is a software development methodology but it is used not only by the software developers but by project managers, team leaders, development managers, product managers, technical writers, QA engineers and managers engaged in delivering software to their organizations. For this reason, this methodology is used by a large number of industries and organizations all over the world to avail the advantages of shortening feedback loop, increasing collaboration between teams and delivering products faster.
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In order to adopt this methodology, organizations have to move from traditional project management systems to Agile system but this transition was not as easy as it seems to be. The adoption of this methodology faced a number of hurdles and misconceptions like any other new approach or concept. In this write-up some of the top misconceptions attached to agile Methodology are discussed, in brief, to help you in understanding this concept more precisely.
No documentation is required: The statement of one of the agile manifestoes saying that people misunderstood the use of comprehensive documentation for working software. This misunderstanding supported another myth that the team working on agile methodology do not use or create any kind of documentation. This misconception is not true as the project teams using agile methodology use and create documentation as the teams using other methodologies. At every stage of agile methodology, documentation is essentially important as the product of every cycle has to be tested and improved. The documentation in each cycle is important to know the right and wrong developments in the product and improvements required for them. This documentation will help in testing and improving the product accordingly.
Agile models cannot work with other models: The incompatibility of agile methodology with the process models driven by other methodologies is another misconception, which is not true. On the contrary, agile methodology offers more flexibility to its users to include various aspects of traditional methods into it. Though the stages contained in the product development cycles of the agile method are shorter and multiple but they are complete like that of the other traditional methods. In this way, agile methods are extraordinarily compatible with the processes of traditional methods. The only way to combine agile method with a traditional plan-driven model like waterfall model is to use the sprints of the agile method within the linear structure of waterfall model to start work for next stage without completing the work of previous stage. The decision to combine agile methods with other methods and to what extent essentially depends upon the discretion of the project manager.
Eshna writes on PMP, PRINCE2, ITIL, ITSM, & Ethical Hacking. She has done her Masters in Journalism and Mass Communication and is a Gold Medalist in the same. A voracious reader, she has penned several articles in leading national newspapers like TOI, HT, and The Telegraph. She loves travelling and photography.
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