Have you heard of the Scrum Methodology?

Scrum is one of the most popular Methodologies for Agile Development. You can find out more about Agile Development at our Software Development services page.
Scrumming and Agile oriented development is simply more effective in today’s fast-changing world. Monolithic methodologies such as the Waterfall model are akin to old-school command and control appraoches where everyhing is planned out before any execution.

This may be effective in situations where labor may be low in cost and lacking in experience. However, such approaches are simply not effective for companies seeking to have software developed in high-cost developed nations where time is literally money.

Iterative development methods based on Scrum can significantly increase alignment of solutions towards business requirements. This is because the approach is user/stakeholder centric. Rather than assuming that more features means better software, it is actually a prioritization framework which, over several sprints, actually orientates the software towards what people really need.

Waterfall methods tend to be less flexible and promote a siloed “IT Knows It” mindset. This can result in the project becoming out of alignment towards user needs. This can be very costly and it multiplies very quickly when developing in developed economies.

Wouldn’t you agree that it’d be better if problems could be nipped in the bud as early as possible in the software development lifecycle? If you, speak to us to chat about how you can have your next software project delivered more effectively through Scrumming.