Revisiting the basic concepts of agile and scrum

Agile software development is based on an incremental, iterative approach. Instead of detailed planning at the beginning of the project, agile methodologies allow a change in requirements over time and encourage constant feedback from the end users. Cross-functional teams work on iterations of a product over a period, and this work is organized into a backlog that is prioritized based on business or customer value. The goal of each iteration is to produce a working product. While the waterfall method is highly logical, it has low process efficiency. Agile development is of short iteration with a development cycle of one to four weeks and follows incremental releases. With agile, the idea is to do a little bit of everything in every cycle (plan, test, design, and build), followed by customer feedback. Agile refers to any process that aligns with the concepts of the agile manifesto.

Agile does not mean no design, no planning, or work only on...