Agile Development

April 7, 2008 · Filed Under BI, Project Management 

Agile development is usually thought to be most fitting for “code from scratch” projects. I have always admired the tenets described in the Pragamatic Pogrammer book, but until recently I had not given much thought about how these concepts are as applicable to Business Intelligence projects, or any project based on off the shelf, proprietary software. Usually, the vendor’s or the lead consultant’s methodology (like this example by Accenture) is accepted as the best practice. I came across this blog post that got me thinking a little bit further about the positive influence that agile development methods can have by promoting the following ideas:

  • iteration
  • communication
  • evolution
  • proof
  • ownership

There is certainly no need to go to the agile extreme of Ruby on Rails, but injecting some agile practices into a project is well worth the effort.

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  1. Introducing Yellowfin Business Intelligence : Infotech Reflections on July 8th, 2008 6:45 pm

    […] are plenty in this approach. Yellowfin BI is not a panacea, but the software lends itself to a more agile approach to BI development. While it is robust enough for an enterprise deployment, it is ideal for the SMB or an […]

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