agile development

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. Compare waterfall development ( def ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of agile development¹

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