Chapter 26: Software Development Methodologies
In this chapter, you'll learn the differences between Waterfall and Agile, how Scrum and Kanban work, when to use each methodology, and how DevOps connects to Agile principles.
In Chapter 25, you learned about the 5 PMBOK process groups, the triple constraint, stakeholder management, change control, and risk management.
Together, these provide the overall framework that every IT project follows, no matter how the day-to-day development work is organized.
In this chapter, you'll learn about software development methodologies, which are the different ways teams plan and manage their development work within that project framework.
We'll focus on the two methodologies covered in the LFCA exam: Waterfall and Agile, including the Scrum and Kanban frameworks.
You'll also see how the DevOps practices you learned in Module 5 build on and extend Agile principles.
The IT Project Management Fundamentals domain (10%) of the LFCA exam tests your ability to choose the right methodology for different project scenarios.
This chapter gives you a clear comparison framework to help you answer those questions with confidence.