Solutions - Agile Development

Create working software

One of the development principles put forth in the Agile Manifesto states that, "Working software is the primary measure of progress." Working software implies software that is free of issues that break builds, cause unexpected behaviour, or which do not meet the product's requirements, as well as critical programming defects (a.k.a. "bugs"). Agile encourages in-phase bug containment - the practise of preventing bugs from being passed downstream from the phase in which they are created.

Increase productivity with clean iterations

Given its focus on short iterations, Agile processes must ensure that any potential software degradations are quickly identified and corrected so that the whole team can move on to the next iteration - all while creating functionally complete, working software. Bug-filled code creates downstream risk both within an iteration or in subsequent iterations, while clean code facilitates speed and agility in development.