Agile Development offers significant benefits to customers, including better stakeholder engagement, reduced risk, and more predictable outcomes. One of its primary advantages is empowering customers to define and prioritize requirements throughout the development process. The iterative approach of gathering requirements and building functionality fosters a responsive, productive team capable of adapting to change.
Agile at Chainbridge Solutions
Chainbridge Solutions employs a structured Agile framework for software development projects, organized into four primary phases: Inception, Planning, Sprint, and Release. Each phase consists of specific activities that ensure collaboration, quality, and alignment with customer needs.
Inception
The project begins with defining the scope, assigning roles, and identifying stakeholders. A Project Roadmap is developed, comprising Epics and User Stories managed in Jira, an issue and project tracking tool tailored for Agile processes. During this phase, requirements are gathered by reviewing business documentation, interviewing end-users, and collaborating with stakeholders to detail business processes.
Planning
User Stories are refined to break functionality into manageable pieces, each with clearly defined Acceptance Criteria. Developers, Analysts, and QA Testers collaborate to estimate the Level of Effort (LOE) for each story and prioritize them in Jira. These stories are then organized into 2- or 3-week development cycles, or Sprints, for efficient implementation.
Sprint
Sprints are time-boxed increments of focused development. User Stories are developed, tested, and completed during each sprint. The Scrum Master facilitates communication through regular ceremonies, including Daily Scrums, Sprint Planning, Reviews, and Retrospectives. This structured approach ensures high-quality results and continuous progress.
Release
At the end of each Sprint, functionality is migrated to a Pre-Production environment for user testing and feedback. Identified bugs are resolved, and enhancements are documented. Once approved, the functionality is deployed to the Production environment for real-world use.
Customers actively participate in the Agile process through Weekly Grooming Sessions, Sprint Reviews, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), where they provide feedback and guidance during working sessions and demonstrations.
Agile Expertise Tailored to Your Needs
Chainbridge Solutions approaches Agile with a flexibility that prioritizes the customer’s unique cadence and shifting priorities. Our experienced team navigates obstacles as opportunities, adapting our methodologies to meet specific project goals.
With over a decade of experience in Agile software development, Chainbridge Solutions ensures that every functionality is planned, developed, tested, and implemented in quick 2- to 3-week cycles. This approach guarantees frequent milestones, alignment with precise requirements, and seamless productivity through interlocking rhythms of development, testing, and requirements grooming.
Our commitment to Agile empowers customers with reliable, high-quality solutions that evolve to meet their needs.