Agile Methodology হল এমন একটা সফটওয়্যার ডেভেলপমেন্ট পদ্ধতি যেটার ডেভেলপমেন্ট এবং টেস্টিং প্রতিনিয়ত চলতে থাকে পুরো প্রোজেক্টের লাইফ সাইকেল ধরে। এই মেথড অনুযায়ী ডেভেলপমেন্ট আর টেস্টিং একই সাথে চলতে থাকে।
Agile Methodology ৪ টি বিষয় লক্ষ্য রেখে চলে। সেগুলো হলঃ
- Individual and team interactions over processes and tools
- Working software over comprehensive documentation
- Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
- Responding to change over following a plan
Agile software development ১২ টা বেসিক প্রিন্সিপাল মেনে চলেঃ
- Customer satisfaction by early and continuous delivery of valuable software.
- Welcome changing requirements, even in late development.
- Deliver working software frequently (weeks rather than months)
- Close, daily cooperation between business people and developers
- Projects are built around motivated individuals, who should be trusted
- Face-to-face conversation is the best form of communication (co-location)
- Working software is the primary measure of progress
- Sustainable development, able to maintain a constant pace
- Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design
- Simplicity—the art of maximizing the amount of work not done—is essential
- Best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams
- Regularly, the team reflects on how to become more effective, and adjusts accordingly