24.4 Quality management and agile development
Agile methods of software engineering focus on the development of code. They minimize documentation and processes that are not directly concerned with code development and emphasize the importance of informal communications among team members rather than communications based on project documents. Quality, in agile development, means code quality and practices such as refactoring, and test-driven development are used to ensure that high-quality code is produced.
Quality management in agile development is informal rather than document-based. It relies on establishing a quality culture, where all team members feel responsible for software quality and take actions to ensure that quality is maintained. ...
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