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Topic: Agile VS Traditional SDLC Model Agile Modeling is an adaptive methodology for effective documentation and modeling of systems based on software (Abrahamsson, 2017). This methodology works under principles of customer satisfaction through timely software delivery, accommodation of change, transparency, and also technical excellence. It entails both incremental and iterative process models focusing on customer satisfaction and process availability through the rapid delivery of software. For instance, SCRUM, a type of agile modeling, is a framework for process management rather than a methodology, and it emphasizes on teamwork and iterative progress. Also, it constitutes practices, and principles for software modeling in a manner that is light-weight and effective. The traditional SDLC entails a predictive approach which depends on the planning and requirement analysis towards software development (Ahimbisibwe 2019). To incorporate a change, one has to undergo prioritization and change in control management. This traditional modeling involves a complete forecast of the expected outcome and a detailed planning in due time. On the other hand, agile makes use of an adaptive approach which does not involve detailed planning and projection of future outcome depending on the features incorporated during the development. Agile operates on the basis that every project is dealt with differently, and testing is done at every stage to minimize risks of a future failure. Agile modeling relies on the tacit type of knowledge and involves short iterative cycles which oppose documentation, unlike traditional SDLC, which includes sequential cycles and hence incorporate, much documentation (Ahimbisibwe 2019). In this regard, agile modeling has been accrued with several benefits such as flexible prioritization, improved quality of developed software, and also a predictable and early software delivery. Agile has a principle that a process should be tested and responds to changes instead of following a predefined plan blindly.

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