Agile Methodologies in Software Engineering: Adapting to Rapidly Changing Requirements and Enhancing Team Collaboration

Authors: Swamy Prasadarao Velaga

Country: India

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Abstract: This paper aims to explore the course of Agile methodologies in the field of software engineering regarding the ability to respond to frequently changing requirements and the improvement of collaboration. Scrum and Kanban form of operation has been highly utilized in many organizations and software developing companies as it is based on the iterative and incremental approach. The Agile Manifesto is the guiding principle for Agile followers, it became the communicating basis of the Agile approach with its key values that state customer collaboration, agility to change and individuals and interactions over processes and tools. User stories, as an Agile technique of requirements elaboration, and backlog grooming, as the method of updating the backlog, help teams successfully address the changes in the project and stakeholders’ feedback. Further, this paper aims at identifying the adoption of continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) in the Agile context for delivering the updates at a faster and more reliable pace. Velocity and burndown charts are among the most common agile measurements that are aimed at knowing the outcome of the team’s effort in completing tasks and progress so that appropriate decisions can be made in line with improvement activities [1]. Also, Scrum values the principles of effective communication and collaboration for Agile teams via Daily stand-ups and retrospectives. This paper also gives an insight about the difficulties expected and the solutions possible for a large project and a distributed team with reference to Agile. In this regard, there are several options for scaling Agile, one of them is the SAFe and LeSS that provide recommendations for organizing Agile processes and positions for large-scale projects and teams located in different geographic locations. Understanding Agile and its approaches will enable software engineering teams to fix issues related to the continually changing demands from consumers, produce better quality software, and prepare organizational cultures that are keener on development. The main objective of this project is to assess how to enhance data interoperability and implement robust master data governance and patient data governance solutions utilizing the cutting-edge SAP HANA cloud platform [1[. This innovative system brings immense benefits to the company by seamlessly integrating patient healthcare data, facilitating mass change management, and effectively implementing mass duplicate identification and resolution processes [1]. Furthermore, this project's significant contributions extend to providing invaluable knowledge and expertise in the realm of implementing an SAP HANA cloud platform via the powerful Information Steward software, which also involves utilizing a cloud connector to establish a seamless online connection that effectively tackles complex big data challenges. Additionally, this project offers an extensive array of well-defined procedure steps that enable healthcare organizations to efficiently establish and manage mass change management processes, address critical cross-process data privacy requirements, and effectively perform in-depth patient data analysis [1]. Moreover, this project demonstrates immense potential for future expansion, particularly in terms of focusing on qualifying and refining healthcare data to offer even more extensive and advanced cloud-based solutions, which may lead to groundbreaking innovations in the realm of patient data management.

Keywords: Agile Methodologies, Scrum, Kanban, Agile Manifesto, Requirements Management, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Agile Metrics, Performance Measurement, Team Collaboration, Communication, Scaling Agile, Large Projects, Distributed Teams, Software Engineering

Paper Id: 1784

Published On: 2022-02-17

Published In: Volume 10, Issue 1, January-February 2022

Cite This: Agile Methodologies in Software Engineering: Adapting to Rapidly Changing Requirements and Enhancing Team Collaboration - Swamy Prasadarao Velaga - IJIRMPS Volume 10, Issue 1, January-February 2022.

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