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IntegrityBit: Framework For Successful Development – Agile Development

Framework for Successful Development | Agile Development
By: Sam S.
Why use Agile? 

In the fast-paced world of technology consulting, every minute of work counts. That means it is essential to provide development teams with simple and straightforward ways to organize projects and encourage teamwork. This is the niche that is filled by Agile Development. Using the Agile approach, projects can be tracked from inception to completion and utilize a scrum framework to ensure that no tasks fall through the cracks. This system also allows for flexibility between multiple different types of frameworks to ensure that each team is working to its full potential. As projects get more complicated, the necessity for organization and planning increases, and makes Agile development a powerful tool for optimizing business strategies.

What makes Agile unique? 

Scrum project boards

  • An example scrum board can be seen in the image to the right. Using this framework, teams can see how the project is laid out to decide the best use of resources.

Sprint Tracking

  • Using a waterfall structure, tasks can be organized visually to track which tasks are being completed and which developers are responsible for each. The visual task board makes planning simple and straightforward, and a unified backlog ensures that nothing gets forgotten.

Collaborative Structure

  • Sprint tracking visual task boards are available to all teams and can be updated in real time for everyone to see. This ensures that tasks get done in a timely manner, and development teams can help each other and hold each other accountable for their responsibilities.

Scalability

The flexibility of the Agile framework allows it to remain a useful tool for companies even as they scale up. Agile boards can be used to track individual projects and teams in the waterfall style visual task boards. Agile also includes program level views, meaning managers can view the work of multiple teams at once, relations between the work of said teams, and the workload that each team can complete. Agile scaling is supported both through Agile 2.0 and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Agile 2.0 is a flexible environment designed for teams using the scrum framework. It is customizable to meet the needs of individual teams, and allows for inter-team communication methods such as moving stories between different projects and pulling stories from the backlog onto the sprint boards.

How can we use Agile? 

The Agile application can be downloaded from the ServiceNow store and installed on any instance. Tasks are divided into individual stories, and can be assigned point values using the Fibonacci sequence. Developers are then assigned tasks such that no individual must take on too many points worth of development tasks, ensuring that everyone is able to work at their peak efficiency. Stories can be moved between not started, in progress, stuck, etc. to update the entire team in real time as to how development is proceeding.

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