Agile Software Development – Methodology

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The agile software development is an umbrella containing a set of methods and ways to achieve the principles mentioned under the Agile Manifesto. All these methodologies abide by the principles of frequent collaboration between the teams, frequent delivery to the client, self-motivation etc. The methodologies currently being followed are Extreme programming(XP) Dynamic System development method(DSDM) Scrum Agile modelling Agile unified Process Agile Data method Essential Unified Process(Ess UP) Feature Driven Development Open Unified Process(Open UP) Lean Software Development Crystal Methods. Selecting what methodology to use depends on what the project is. There should be a proper thought process on how […]

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Agile Software Development – Approach

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Agile development methodology – Approach In the Agile methodology, each project is broken up into several ‘Iterations’. All Iterations should be of the same time duration (between 2 to 8 weeks). At the end of each iteration, a working product should be delivered. For example, in the agile approach the project will be broken up into ‘N’ releases (assuming each iteration is set to last 4 weeks). Then the team will decide the basic core features that are required in the product and decide which of these features can be developed in the first iteration. Any remaining features that cannot be delivered

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Agile Software Development – Manisfesto

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Agile software development methodology is a process for developing software. This is a model where the software is developed in rapid and incremental mode. This is an alternative to traditional software development. The importance is given to the working software than the documentation. Every iteration ends in a working software which is a business value to the customer. The Agile Manifesto In February 2001, 17 software developers met at the Snowbird resort in Utah to discuss lightweight development methods. They published the Manifesto for Agile Software Development, in which they said that by “uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others

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Godless’ Android malware

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‘Security’ aspects touch all our lives in some way or the other. We would have been victims of security hack at one time or other. Phishing emails, fake social media profiles, credit card fraud – some of these events may touch us in one way or the other. It is a good idea to prevent against these attacks by being up-to-date on the current Infosec incidents and knowing the ways to avoid them. With that thought in mind, we will discuss the ‘Godless’ malware in today’s post. Android devices: With mobile phone and device usage reaching unprecedented levels, it is

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Cryptography

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‘Cryptography’ is the ability to hide messages from intermediate persons and ensure effective and secure communication between different parties. ‘Cryptography’s’ origins can be traced back to 2000 B.C. Egypt (when hieroglyphics were used) and to the time of Julius Caesar where alphabets were shifted to encrypt a message. We also see various instances of cryptography in movies such as ‘The Da Vinci code’, ‘The Imitation game’, ‘Pi’, ‘Enigma’ among others. We will see the two different types of encryption – symmetric and asymmetric algorithms and primarily focus our discussion on the symmetric algorithm. Introduction: The key terms that are associated

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Acceptance Criteria

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What is it ? Acceptance Criteria or Acceptance tests as a set of conditions that must be met before a user story is deemed done. They are a set of conditions that must be fulfilled by the solution for it to be deemed accepted by the user or a customer. These a set of statements which have a clear pass/fail result that specify both functional and non functional requirements that are applicable a user story or an EPIC . Why is it useful ? Acceptance criteria are useful for a user story as it: Helps in enhance the details of

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Stakeholder Engagement in Project management

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Who is a Stakeholder? A Stakeholder is person, or group, or organization that is impacted by your project. How do you manage stakeholders? Stakeholders are very important for your project success and they can make or break your project. You cannot be more than careful while handling stakeholders. The most important part of stakeholder management is communication with the stakeholders. As an agile team, we have to always think and communicate with stakeholders.  First and foremost we have to classify stakeholders into: Internal External Supporter Resister etc.  Stakeholder classification is typically based on the following criteria: Impact on the project

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Minimum Viable Product or Minimal Marketable Feature

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So, how many of us understand these terms.   We are sure most of us have heard these terms but yet know nothing or very little about them. Lets us explore these terms: Minimum Viable Product or Minimal Market Feature are synonyms means the baseline of a product that contain enough features that it can showcased to the client as first raw cut. It will have the basic skeleton of the business case that the product stakeholders are trying to solve.  The product itself will have the bare minimal feature working but it will be able still solve the main gist

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Web application Security – II

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We have already seen a few basics of web application security in Java in an earlier post. We will continue this post by extending the same discussion. We will discuss the two remaining authentication mechanisms followed by authorization. CLIENT-CERT AUTHENTICATION: The CLIENT_CERT authentication method is yet another way of authenticating the user. Compared to the BASIC and FORM based authentication, this is the most secure form of authentication.  Here the server authenticates the user by checking their public key certificate. The public key certificate is generated by an issuing authority such as the ‘certificate authority’ (CA) The CLIENT-CERT authentication uses

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Project Charter and its usefulness in Agile

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So how many of us know Project Charter? Most Project managers will say they do.  Most developers will say that they don’t.  I didn’t till one has to look deeper into this in one of Agile project. Lets us discuss the technical aspect and then discuss how I used it in my daily life. Definition of Project Charter from PMBOK® “ A formal document that authorizes the project into existence and allows the project manager to use organization resource to project activities” What is Project Charter? This is most important document that will allow us to  help identify the scope,

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