We’ve just finished our first ‘sprint’ using the Scrum methodology that we’ve adopted for the development of CODA 2go. There are significant differences between Scrum and  more traditional development methodologies we also use. In our adoption of Scrum we develop and test in two-week cycles (‘sprints’) and at the end of each sprint have demonstrable functionality. 

One of the main differences with traditional methodologies is that design becomes integrated into the development, rather than being handed from designer to developer. In scrum the designers, developers, testers and documentation guys all sit together and feed off each other’s knowledge and where possible pitch in to get the job done, even if it’s out of the individual’s usual remit. So for example, we have designers and developers working on testing. 

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