Iterative Development

Iterative development is about getting valuable software into the hands of the customer as early and as often as possible. Rather than developing the entire software product in a monolithic fashion, we select discrete portions of the software to develop in a short period of time, called an iteration. The functionality is developed in order of priority. Each iteration is a complete, fully-tested software product.

This has a number of useful effects, including the following:

By having the software delivered to you as early as possible, you have the chance to evaluate it, use it, and make changes as necessary before any particular feature is too ingrained.
Functionality is grouped in order of priority, which ensures that you have the most time to evaluate, alter, and fine-tune the most important functionality.
Because software is delivered to you in fully-functional iterations, you are always fully aware of the status of your software solution and are always able to interact, evaluate or even release existing iterations to meet the changing demands of your business.
Each iteration begins with a detailed planning phase that gives you the opportunity to set priorities and requirements for that iteration. This gives you constant 'steering' control over the entire software process.
Since detailed planning happens at the iteration level, the cost of change is negligible. You get what you want, every time - we're more than happy to adjust the needs or the priority of a feature for your next iteration.
Because each iteration is a fully-functional release that you can evaluate, you have the opportunity to decide when enough is enough - if a particular iteration meets your needs, you can release it and end the software process early.

These effects allow you to release software early, adapt to meet the needs of your business and direct your software solution to great success.

For more information on iterative development and how we can help you with your software solutions, please contact us.