Software Development Lifecycle & Methodologies

Compare granular and high-level approaches across the software development lifecycle, from planning and requirements collection to feasibility, system analyses, design, coding, testing, operations, and disposal.

Explore the 12 agile principles, from customer satisfaction and welcoming changing requirements to delivering software frequently, collaboration between business and developers, sustainable pace, technical excellence, simplicity, self-organizing teams, and adaptation.

Review the twelve agile principles, write them down, and circle your top four; reflect on why you like them to deepen comprehension and learning.

Explore how agile values and principles connect to methodologies like kanban and scrum, emphasizing working software and frequent delivery, whether through continuous delivery or two-week sprints.

Visualize the workflow and limit work in progress using a kanban board with columns (to do, in progress, done) to enable continuous delivery and improved flow.

Explore scrum events in two-week sprints: sprint planning and daily stand-ups guide tasks and blockers, while sprint review and retrospective drive continuous improvement with burn down and velocity charts.

Explore devops as the blend of development and operations, driving automation, culture shift, and tool-enabled workflows to automate infrastructure, test, and monitor for frequent, reliable releases.