Traditional rigorous methodologies, and software engineering in general, focus on architecture, requirements and design; coding and testing are considered low-value ‘construction’ activities. In these methodologies, the high-leverage activities are the up-front activities. Agilists reverse this emphasis.
From the Book Agile Software Development Ecosystems, 2002, ISBN 0201760436
Copyright © 2002 by Pearson Education, Inc.
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