The Rise of Agile Methods Software Engineering The Rise of Agile Methods Dr Yvonne Howard: ymh@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Please watch these videos that show how software engineers are using Agile methods Gov.uk: how geeks opened up government http://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2013/jun/13/ geeks-opened-up-government-video Moving to an Agile Testing Environment: What Went Right, What Went Wrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIWZsRzj79Q Waterfall versus Agile: A Tale of Two Teams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHS-ycbRwqI The Rise And Fall Of Waterfall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1c2--sP3o0

Activity Think about these questions What are the problems with traditional Software Engineering methods based on the Waterfall proposed by Royce? What problems do the introduction of agile methods solve? What are the most important features of agile methods? Research some of the agile methods e.g SCRUM, eXtreme Programming: What do they all agree on?

Think of some good questions to ask me on Wednesday Dr Yvonne Howard: ymh@ecs.soton.ac.uk