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Agile Software Development

This week on my CS Journey, I want to focus on Agile software development and its methodologies. Agile methodology is a type of project management process, mainly used for software development. It evolves through the collaborative effort and cross-functional teams and their customers. Scrum and Kanban are two of the most widely used Agile methodologies. Today I want to focus mainly on Scrum. Recently I saw that employers are looking for candidates who have experience in scrum and agile development, so it is important that we learn more about it.

 Scrum is a framework that allows for more effective collaborations among teams working on various complex projects. It is a management system that relies on step by step development. Each cycle is consisting of two-to four-week sprints, where each sprint's goal is to build the most important features first and come out with a potentially deliverable product. Agile Scrum methodology has several benefits,  it encourages products to be built faster since each set of goals must be completed within each sprint's time frame.

 Now let’s look at the three core roles that scrum consists of scrum master, product owner, and the scrum team. The scrum master is the facilitator of the scrum. In addition to holding daily meetings with the scrum team, the scrum master makes certain that scrum rules are being enforced and applied, other responsibilities also include motivating the team, and ensuring that the team has the best possible conditions to meet its goals and produce deliverable products. Secondly, the product owner represents stakeholders, which are typically customers. To ensure the scrum team is always delivering value to stakeholders and the business, the product owner determines product expectations, records changes to the product, and administers a scrum backlog which is a detailed and updated to-do list for the scrum project. The product owner is also responsible for prioritizing goals for each sprint, based on their value to stakeholders. Lastly, the scrum team is a self-organized group of three to nine developers who have the business, design, analytical, and development skills to carry out the actual work, solve problems, and produce deliverable products. Members of the scrum team self-administer tasks and are jointly responsible for meeting each sprint's goals.

Below I have provided a diagram that shows the structure of the sprint cycles. I think understanding the Agile methodologies Is helpful because most of the major companies help teams and individuals effectively prioritize work and features. I highly recommend visiting those websites it provides detailed explanations of how a scrum cycle works.

 

Sources: https://zenkit.com/en/blog/agile-methodology-an-overview

https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/4987-what-is-agile-scrum-methodology.html#:~:text=Agile%20scrum%20methodology%20is%20a,with%20a%20potentially%20deliverable%20product.&text=Agile%20scrum%20methodology%20has%20several%20benefits

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