How does agility ensure quality?
Ming Huo · 2004
Software quality is one of our most important software concerns. Agile methods produce software faster but we also need to know how they meet our qualify requirements. In this paper we compare the waterfall model with agile processes to show how agile methods achieve software quality. We also show how agile methods attain quality under time pressure and in an unstable requirements environment, i.e. we analyze agile software quality assurance. We present a detailed waterfall model showing its software quality support processes. We then show the quality practices that agile methods have integrated into their processes. This allows us to answer the question whether agile methods ensure the quality even though they develop software faster and can handle unstable requirements.