1.10 Agile Terminologies

Agile frameworks and methods being used in almost all domain which requires estimations, prioritizations, and optimization for resources. One Golden rule which actually also called as Agile Manifesto which actually differentiates the Agile approach from Waterfall Approach.

It is explained as Agile Versus Waterfall:

1. Agile: Supports Individual and Interactions,

Waterfall: Processes and Tools

2. Agile: Working Software,

Waterfall: Comprehensive Documentation

3. Agile: Supports Customer Collaboration,

Waterfall: Contract Negotiations

4. Agile: Responding to Change(Agile based on this)

Waterfall: Following a plan

We would discuss the important frameworks of Agile which are Scrum and Kanban.

Scrum and Kanban are primarily used for Project Management. As per one survey, it was said that more than 60% organization uses either Agile Scrum or Kanban and rest others are using other frameworks for better prioritization and optimization of the resources. It could be also used for efficient estimations.

Agile Scrum has timelines but Kanban does not have a timeline. Agile has one concept called sprints but Kanban does not use the Sprints.

Sprints are a time-boxed period which actually used to complete the specified amount of work in the Agile Scrum team. It is actually the heart of Agile Scrum methodologies because we know the actual time deadlines to complete the tasks.

Kanban is often called as Visual Management because it has tasks on their board but does not have sprint. It actually does not use by the cross-functional team so no need to use the sprint inside the Kanban.

A simple Agile Scrum and Kanban board are displayed for a simple understanding with respect to the Product Backlog and User Stories. Agile Scrum uses the timelines like 30 days and every 24 hours would be counted because it is used by all teams parallelly but Kanboard has one simple board to track the progress by a single team and maximizes the profit.

The concepts of Agile Scrum and Kanban are very vast but this Introductory approach would make you understand the foundation part.