From the course: Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
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Crystal methods overview
From the course: Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Crystal methods overview
- [Man] Crystal, refers to not just one methodology, but a family of methodologies. Each methodology is represented by a specific color, and the methodology you choose depends on two factors. Team size, and criticality of the product being built. Crystal methods evolved as a result of research being done by Alistair Cockburn in the 1990s. Crystal methods are people-centric, light-weight, and highly flexible. Let's review the crystal family of methodologies in a diagram. The Y-axis represents what is known as criticality. In other words, it represents the severity of the damage caused by malfunction of the system being built. The X-axis represents team size. Each vertical column represents one crystal methodology. Let's review criticality first. At the lowest level of criticality is comfort, this means the system malfunction for the system being built can just cause loss of comfort. An example is a mobile app that adds…
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