An Empirical Study of Agile Software Development

Author : Ajay Deep

Abstract

For Developing software there are two main methodologies: the traditional sequential or “the waterfall method” and the iterative or “The Agile Method”. In this paper we emphasis on Agile Manifesto and its principles. It provides the general understanding of Agile Software Development and can act as a foundation for choosing methodology for the software projects as we have compared different methods and listed their Applicability and Limitations.

Keywords: Agile, Agile manifesto, Principle of Agile manifesto, Usability, Waterfall Method.