subject: Agile Software Development In Mobile App Development [print this page] Nothing has really impacted the world on such a large scale as Tim Berners Lee's
internet except the mobile revolution that we are witnessing today. People don't really identify mobile devices as mere instruments for receiving and calling but much more than that. This was the vision that the supreme software overlord Steve Jobs had when he infused the mobile market with devices that have become an inevitable part of our lives, and powerful mobile applications have an integral role to play in making these devices irresistible. From lucrative games to controlling your stock portfolios to trading and checking your banking records everything has been just boiled down to a simple idea of a mobile application, hence contributing the blooming of the mobile technology. The proliferation of software platforms such as IOS by Apple Inc., Android by Google, Bada by Samsung and many more have just made this task of creating mobile applications much more of a seductive and a gratifying experience.
A finite number of things go into the mobile app development such as concept sketching , research & strategies , wire framing , user interface design , development , testing and marketing to list a few and each of these activities must be performed with utmost care and attention to detail and there is no single methodology that can unlock solutions to each of the above mentioned activities but one namely agile Software Development, this model is one that completely caters to the needs of the processes involved in the mobile app development, Some of the merits of adopting this strategy for mobile application development are, firstly the model is a very simple one and revolves around the methodology.
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
As is evident from the quote, the model follows some comprehensive strategies and hence guarantees a high return on investment, jobs can be prioritized as per the needs of the clientele and flaws can be pointed out quickly and the changes can be incorporated readily to improve upon. Hence the agile software development model proves to be a great tool in one's arsenal to outpace others in this rapidly changing and demanding world of mobile technology. Hence, the entire software community is driven by the whole idea of revolutionizing the whole process communication, entertainment and other transactions can be made using the mobile technology as tool and looking at this organizations around the world are revamping the whole software development process and churning out tools unexpected earlier which have enthralled everyone who has experienced them and for this they have resorted to the agile model for application development.
