Agile Development Methodology

Agile software development is an iterative approach to creating software products based on quickly releasing a minimum viable product (MVP) and then adjusting it and adding features and functionalities in stages based on user behaviour and feedback. The methodology is designed to address the fact it can be difficult to accurately predict the most intuitive user journeys, features and functionalities users need, prefer and desire from software.

As a methodology, agile software development stands in contrast to the once dominant Waterfall approach. When building software to the Waterfall methodology, software development teams create highly detailed specifications and functionality requirements upfront. The software is then built to that blueprint and released as a ‘completed’ product.