5.5 Dynamic Systems Development Method – Business value

Developed in The UK in the mid 1990s, by business personnel.

Managed by the DSDM Consortium.

A project has three phases

• Pre project: activity to initiate the project

• Project life cycle

  • Feasibility Study

  • Business Study

  • Functional Model Iteration

  • Design and Build Iteration

  • Implementation

• Post-project: closure activities

The methodology:

• Focusing on business value

• Formal flavor of agile

• Importance of requirements management

• Sets stakeholder expectations: not all requirements will be implemented

• Heavy documentation needs

Principles:

• Active user involvement

• Team is to be motivated to deliver

• Frequent delivery is a must

• Primary acceptance criteria of a delivery is to meet current business needs

• Iterative and incremental development

• All changes are reversible

• Requirements are high, business level

• Thorough testing is required throughout the development

• Collaboration of stakeholders is essential

Requirements managed in 4 sets:

• Must / Should / Could / Would (MoSCoW acronym)