Agile

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Agile software development is a group of software development methods based on iterative and incremental development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams. It is a conceptual framework that promotes foreseen interactions throughout the development cycle.

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
agile (adjective)
1.
marked by ready ability to move with quick easy grace - an agile dancer
2.
having a quick resourceful and adaptable character - an agile mind
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
agile (adjective)
moving easily
SYNONYMS:
agile, featly, feline, gracile, light, light-footed ( light-foot), lightsome, lissome ( lissom), lithe, lithesome, nimble, spry
RELATED WORDS:
acrobatic, flexible, limber, loose-jointed, pliable, pliant, supple; adroit, deft, dexterous ( dextrous), light-fingered; fleet-footed, sure-footed; athletic, balletic, coordinated
NEAR ANTONYMS:
uncoordinated; inflexible, rigid, stiff; bungling, inept, maladroit
awkward, clumsy, gawky, graceless, klutzy, lumbering, ungainly, ungraceful
Agile (Wikipedia)

Agile may refer to:

  • Agile, an entity that possesses agility

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