Software Development: Lean and Agile

Alex Iskold has a great post on Read/WriteWeb about The Future of Software Development. He does a good job of quickly summarizing the evolution of software development, and why older methods don’t work. In my view, his post title is misleading—he’s really describing the current state of software development for web applications.

Our work with start-ups has pushed us to apply agile methods because requirements change constantly in an evolving business. As we meet new clients, we often go through a similar description of the way software development practices have improved over the years. Some key points from Alex:

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