Friday, 1 May 2015

Agile software development and change management

Project management of software development projects using agile methodology is very popular. Change management is an important aspect of software development. Changes to the feature or function or even the scope of the project can arise during the course of development. Once the development commences accommodating changes is a difficult task for the development team but if agile methodology is used the confusion can be reduced.

Agile methodology uses iterative development and so there will be a series of development cycles for each project phase. So if a change request is made during the development phase, it can be carefully assessed without interrupting the normal development structure. 

For change requirements to be accepted and implemented, it is incorporated into the process as an iteration and hence the developer is not confused or troubled with the new change. There are several advantages of using agile methodology and that is why it has been incorporated in many of the projects management techniques used.


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