Dynamic Systems Development Method

Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM) was developed in 1994 in United Kingdom as a framework for rapid application development (RAD) (Stapleton. 1997.2003). DSDM is a non-profit and non-proprietary framework maintained by the DSDM Consor­tium (DSDM. 2003). Dynamic Systems Development Method has the underlying principles which comprises frequent deliveries, active user interaction, testing all over the life cycle and empowered teams. Three major phases of Dynamic Systems Development Method —functional iteration, design-and-build iteration and implementation—are themselves iterative processes Dynamic Systems Development Method suggests making a series of prototypes in short cycles to gradually solve the problems that are not precisely defined in advance, or not stable dur­ing that time. DSDM does not offer detailed documentation of its work products; rather, a brief description, list of purposes and several quality criteria.

The Dynamic Systems Development Method process assumes that the time is fixed for the life to  a project and project resources are fixed as far as pos­sible, while the requirements that will be satisfied are allowed to change, which is largely opposite to traditional development processes. Although there is evidence (white papers) about combining Dynamic Systems Development Method with I ("MI, and RUT', supporting materials and white papers are available only for consortium partners for an annual cost Dynamic Systems Development Method defines 15 roles for us­ers and developers. The team consists of between two and six members, and several teams can exist in the project. According to its authors and users, DSDM has considered to be the most   successful frameworks which is used for agile software development. A new book on about the DSDM (Stapleton. 2003) has been updated to reflect recent changes in the framework, as well as experiences and results in applying in practice.

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