Do Agility Supports Complex Projects?There has been a major shift in the software development techniques in the past couple of years. As a result, agile methodologies are being implemented in different ways. Today, agile methodology is seen as a quick, flexible, and a responsive software development method. Thus, many companies have their own Agile Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

However, agile methodologies are quite tough to manage while working on a complex project. This is because of the             number of complex interactions among various development teams. The situation can be handled by considering the earlier experiences.

For example, while working on a project with low-cost product, it’s quite difficult to catch up with the speed with which the things get changed due to the high competitiveness. While you test a newly developed feature in each release cycle, other functionality gets added. Unfortunately, you won’t be getting enough time to put the same effort on a new functionality. As a result, you won’t be able to perform regression testing efficiently.

Being on a tight budget, optimization always remains the key. You can control the regression testing process by introducing some optimizing techniques. Some of them are mentioned below.

  • Use standard techniques to estimate efforts
  • Prioritize the test based on risk
  • Use TMap® techniques to optimize test design

The above-mentioned techniques are quite common and not part of agile. However, it helps in controlling regression testing process and defect leakage, thus providing immediate profit.

Once you control the regression testing, you can implement the techniques to other phases of testing. This will cater the need to cover the testing of new features. By implementing conventional practices and maintaining agility at the same time, you can get quick results in a controlled manner.

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