Analysis of the Agile Deployment

Abstract

Nowadays, software project management is becoming more and more important since a project needs an organized plan to follow through. There are two famous models in this area, which are Waterfall Process Model and Agile Software Development. The concept of the Waterfall Process Model is that the requirement analysis has to be done in the beginning phase, whereas, the Agile Software Development emphasizes that the requirements are changeable throughout the process. Thus, it seems that Agile Software Development is paid more attention to among software development companies because of the advantage of flexibility and the allowance of requirements change. However, the Agile Software Development is not suitable for every type of projects and it requires an experienced manager. Therefore, some questions about the Agile Software Development may occur. For example, is the Agile Software Development able to fulfill project managers’ needs? Do project managers encounter any problems while executing the Agile Development Framework? In my master thesis, the usage of the Agile Software Development used among various companies will be revealed. Further, suggestions for those companies with the benefit of literature study would also be brought up since the companies may face some unexpected problems during using the Agile Development Framework.