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Comparsion Between Waterfall Approach & Agile Methodology

Metric Waterfall Agile
Planning Duration Long-term Short-term
Time between requirement gathering and implementation Long Short
Collaboration between customer and developers Low High
Amount of time taken to identify problem/ issue Long Short
Project Schedule Risk High Low
Ability to respond quickly to change in requirements Low High

Based on the above table of comparison between agile and waterfall, our team evaluated and chose to use the agile methodology. As requirements are constantly changing, managing risk is highly important, small incremental releases of the development work allow for greater visibility to the product owner and team. It will help the team to identify issues early and make it easier to respond to change.

The active collaboration approach needed also provide excellent visibility for key stakeholders in both the project progress and product itself. This helps to ensure that expectations are effectively managed.


Comparison Between Scrum & Kanban

Scrum Kanban
3 roles prescribed (Product Owner, Scrum Master, Team) No role prescribed
Prioritization of user stories in product backlog Prioritization is optional
Estimation of work hours prescribed No estimation of work hours prescribed
User stories must be broken down into tasks for completion within a sprint No specific item size is prescribed
burndown chart to track work progress no visual representation is prescribed
Daily scrum meeting to keep team updated of individual progress No meeting
Iteration by sprints Continuous flow
Obstacles met are dealt with immediately Obstacles met are avoided

In deciding between these two popular agile methodologies, our team has decided to adopt scum as our software development methodology.

Scum provides a holistic and in-depth overview of the progress of our project. It promotes communication between our project team members and sponsor, enabling us to effectively manage our stakeholders’ expectations. It also promotes transparency where the client and team know what has to be delivered in each sprint based on the prioritization of user stories in the product backlog.

In addition, the burndown chart available will greatly help the team monitors project progress and measures sprint velocity which are both useful in helping the team identify if the project is on track or behind schedule, so that the team can take necessary adjustments needed to bring the project back on track.


Scrum Process

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Scrum Documentation

Product Backlog & Task Breakdown

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Burndown Chart

Sprint 2 Burndown Chart
Sprint 3 Burndown Chart
Sprint 4 Burndown Chart
Sprint 5 Burndown Chart
Sprint 6 Burndown Chart
Sprint 7 Burndown Chart