What you always wanted to know about agile methods but did not dare to ask

Abstract

A fleet of emerging agile methods is both gaining popularity and generating lots of controversy. Real-world examples argue for (e.g. Highsmith and Cockburn, 2001) and against (e.g. Rakitin, 2001) agile methods. Several leading software engineering experts suggest that synthesizing the two, agile with traditional, may provide developers with a comprehensive spectrum of methods (e.g. Boehm, 2002 and 2004 and Humphrey, 2005). This high-level overview tutorial provides background to understand how agile teams are trying to solve modern software development issues.