February 6, 2024
It takes a lot of time and effort to develop functional MVP software. You need a team with diverse skills, and developers must do concerted efforts to achieve project goals. Without effective management and methodologies, complexity will lead to chaos and that means software that doesn’t function properly. A good methodology ensures a well-structured approach in any MVP software development project.
Waterfall is a very early software development methodology. It is essentially a very linear way of developing a software and the most straightforward path for developers to do their work. First of all, clients or project owners specify their requirements. After a series of meetings with developers, the work begins. Developers continue working until all requirements are met. Today, waterfall methodology still works well for software with simple requirements. However, it is a risky approach for more complicated software, because if something is off-target, the client may not be aware of it until the completion of the project.
First conceived in early 1990’s, it was considered “extreme” compared to early methodologies. Extreme programming requires pair programming, multiple unit tests and a series of releases. It requires short, weekly iteration cycles. There’s more flexibility in replacing work items as needed.
While older methodologies are focused on the software, Agile focuses on people. In essence, Agile is a basic framework for software development frameworks. Agile-based methodologies focus on quick iterations and on people who are involved in the project. Any process is never at the expense of developers, clients, and software users. This ensures that everyone will derive real value from the software.
Among Agile-based methodologies, Scrum is currently the most popular, used in about 60% of software development projects. Scrum focuses on quicker completion of the project, and each iteration is aptly named “sprint”. It takes two or three weeks to complete a sprint and coordinated works of all team members are crucial. A Scrum Master is appointed to ensure all sprints are always on target.
Although it operates like Agile, Lean is technically different due to the way it’s focused. Just like earliest development methodologies, it focuses on software again. Lean emphasises on efficiency by eliminating waste, making decisions as late as possible, delivering products as soon as possible, optimising the whole development project, keeping work integrity high, and empowering team members.
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