From the course: Software Testing: Alpha Testing in an Agile World
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Agile development
From the course: Software Testing: Alpha Testing in an Agile World
Agile development
- [Instructor] Agile methods focus on delivery and collaboration towards a common goal. Agile brings together individuals from the entire process and shrinks the scope of the operation down to manageable bits. The process itself still follows the software development life cycle, but instead of aligning activities in a serial fashion, everything is combined into sprints. For quality, involvement can be as little as a couple of weeks, but can last longer depending on the task at hand. The team defines the duration and when they will be ready to deliver pieces to quality so that it aligns with the goals of the sprint. The focus isn't on the time, as much as what is being accomplished. Quality participates as a team member, sharing progress on testing and delivering results, and even customer feedback. Unlike traditional waterfall projects, you'll be emphasizing your traditional automated tests for their speed of execution.…