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AGILE METHODS

• While the full approach of the SDLC or similar waterfall methods are used to develop ISs, it is widely
recognized that these methods are lengthy, expensive, and inflexible.
• Alternative methods have emerged that are collectively called agile methods.
• Agile methods treat software development as a series of contacts with users, with the goal of fast
development of software to satisfy user requirements, and then improving the software shortly after
users request modifications.
• Agile methods make extensive use of iterative programming, involving users often, and keeping
programmers open to modifications while development is still under way.
• The major advantage of agile methods is that they result in fast development of applications so that
users can have them within weeks rather than months or years.