agile development

American  

[aj-uhl duh-vel-uhp-muhnt, aj-ahyl] / ˈædʒ əl dəˈvɛl əp mənt, ˈædʒ aɪl /

Also agile or Agile development

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.

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Etymology

Origin of agile development

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

Example Sentences

The idea is that an agile development group will be less encumbered by the bureaucracy within Volkswagen Group, which owns brands including Bugatti, Bentley, Porsche, Skoda, and Lamborghini, as well as Audi and VW.

From Reuters

Markus Duesmann, Volkswagen Group’s head of development and also Audi’s chief executive, said a new software operating system would be developed at the unit and the system would be trialled at the company’s “Artemis” agile development unit headed by former Apple and Porsche executive Alexander Hitzinger.

From Reuters

CMOs can begin to incorporate Agile development methods by considering their organizational models, the content creation process, and technology.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet developing interoperable software systems in the cloud era requires more intimate vendor and user collaboration and agile development processes than those in the staid world of standards bodies that has heretofore defined network interoperability.

From Forbes

Anyone who works in tech knows that integrating the right programming languages and using an agile development process are essential to getting a job done.

From Forbes