Agile methodology: Why aren't you using it?
Agile methodology: Why aren't you using it? You know agile software development makes sense, so why aren't you doing it? ________________________________________ “deliver early, deliver often." One benefit of Agile development is its focus on producing small, iterative advancements of a software product. This allows companies that use Agile to increase the frequency of release cycles, thereby responding to changing customer needs and new opportunities much more quickly. Think about that from a competitive perspective; if company A and company B are close competitors, and company A can bring new features to market three to six times faster than company B, they have a real competitive advantage. Traditional software development processes, which often consist of lengthy and labyrinthine "waterfall" processes that include the definition of requirements and specifications, followed by a development cycle, followed by testing and quality assurance, and finally progress