What are the key differences between traditional and agile
methodologies? What are the advantages and disadvantages
of each?
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. Collapse SubdiscussionWilliam YingWILLIAM
YING Aug 28, 2020 Aug 28 at 12:36pmManage Discussion
Entry Hi class;What are the key differences between
traditional and agile methodologies?Prof. Ying
. Jobin JoseJOBIN JOSE Sep 2, 2020 Sep 2 at 4:36am
Manage Discussion Entry Hi class,Traditional
▪ business needs and problems need to be
determined in advance
▪ All requirements of the project need to be defined in
advance
▪ Results are not immediate and evaluations in the
R&D may not align with the customer needs
▪ End-users may not get the wants of a product
▪ Any problems can delay the time it takes for the
product to come to market. This can affect
, customer relations and also drive costs up.
. Agile
▪ Business needs and problems are determined in
advance but can be changed or adjusted at any
time
▪ Although requirements are defined in advance
these can be adjusted to fit the needs of the
customers.
▪ Results in testing are used to change the problems
on a product before it reaches the market.
▪ End users can comment and changes can be
changed on products to implement the wants of
a customer and also the needs.
. Reference:Team, K. (n.d.). Traditional vs. Agile
Software Development Methodologies. Retrieved
July 06, 2020, from
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. Thao NguyenTHAO NGUYEN Sep 6, 2020 Sep 6 at 8:33pm
Manage Discussion Entry Traditional Software
Development:
. Traditional software development is the
software development process used to design and
develop the simple software. It is basically used
when the security and many other factors of the
software are not much important. It is used by
freshers in order to develop the software.
. It consists of five phases:
▪ Requirements analysis
▪ Design
▪ Implementation
▪ Coding and Testing
▪ Maintenance
. Agile Software Development (Links to an
external site.):
, . Agile software development is the software
development process used to design complicated
software. It is basically used when the software is
quite sensitive and complicated. It is used when
security is much important. It is used by professionals
in order to develop the software.
. It consists of three phases:
▪ Project initiation
▪ Sprint planning
▪ Demos
. Difference between Traditional and Agile
Software Development:
.
. AGILE
TRADITIONAL SOFTWARE
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMEN
DEVELOPMENT T
. It is used to . It is used to
develop the develop the
simple software. complicated
software.
. In this . In this
methodology, methodology,
testing is done testing and
once the development
development processes are
phase is totally performed
completed. concurrently.
. It provides . It provides
less security. high security.
. It provides . It provides
less functionality all the
in the software. functionality
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