Egg saves time with agile development model
- Posted:
- 11:27 14 Jun 2004
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- Software Development Methodologies | Architecture Design | Software Companies | Software Development | Testing
The technique was used to upgrade Egg's Money Manager earlier this year to give customers a summary of all their accounts online. From its experience on the Money Manager project, Egg said the agile approach could halve the time it takes to develop software.
Software development has traditionally involved a written specification, design programming and testing before the user gets fully involved. With agile programming, an application is split into small, functional blocks, which can be developed and tested quickly. A user from the general business is involved in the IT project from the outset to ensure the code produced meets business requirements.
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Egg's Money Manager upgrade took three months and was carried out in partnership with software testing company Cresta.
Tony Stansfield, Egg's technology leader, said, "In the early days, the business guys [at Egg] had reservations about moving away from a traditional approach but now they are getting what they want in half the time," said . "We can also take products to market more quickly than our competitors using agile."