Title: Measuring the effectiveness and Quality of Agile Software Design Methodologies

Authors: George Lawrence Kinyata

 George Lawrence Kinyata Faculty of Science and Technology, Teofilo Kisanji University, P.O. Box 1104, Mbeya, United Republic of Tanzania.

*Correspondence: ict.teku@gmail.com

Abstract

The comparison between traditional and agile methodologies indicates that agile methodologies are a complete shift away from traditional methodologies. The paper investigates how to measure the effectiveness and quality of agile software design methodologies. The key agile metrics include Velocity, Sprint burn-down, and Release burn-up; however, other useful agile metrics include Valued delivered, on-time delivery, Software Size, Project schedule, and software productivity. Despite the various benefits of agile methodologies, various criticisms persist for example; agile is too developer-centric, inefficient in developing large-scale projects, constant user involvement, lack of documentation, and above all misinterpretation of the Agile manifesto. Such criticisms may inevitably have a negative impact on the expected quality of the final product.

Keywords: effectiveness and quality, agile software, software development, design methodologies