agile development

Also ag·ile
Or Ag·ile de·vel·op·ment

[aj-uhl duh-vel-uhp-muhnt, aj-ahyl]

noun

Digital Technology.

1. a philosophy of modular software development that delivers multiple successive versions of a working product that is improved after each iteration and evolves based on empirical evaluation of previous versions.

Word History and Origins

Origin of agile development¹

First recorded in 2000–2005; from Manifesto for Agile Software Development