Discussion on developing a system in the organization

            When it comes to developing a system in the organization there are a number of different methods that can be used. Four of the most popular methods are waterfall development methodology, Rapid application development methodology, agile development methodology and DevOps methodology. Each one has its own benefits and limitations (Banica, et al. 2017). Different organizations use different kind of developing systems, and one of the organizations was using a different method for developing system, but then they opted for an alternative for developing system. The alternative method was chosen as per requirements of the organization.

        The organization identified is a large organization that has set its clear goals and objectives. In order to improve its future performance the company decided to use the agile development methodology for developing a new system. The organization was not satisfied with the decision it made because the methodology used did not turned out to be effective. Agile development methodology starts with planning that is also known as backlog, then comes collaboration known as Iteration, the third step is called deliverables and lastly there is feedback that can be done daily. The different forms of agile development include crystal, extreme, feature-driven development (FDD) and scrum. The organization did make the right decision of choosing agile development method to some extent because there are a number of advantages of this method. Some of these advantages are discussed below (Umbreen, Abbas and Shaheed 2015)

        Firstly, this method reduces the chances of risks in terms of lower cost overruns and bugs. Secondly, it has lower changing requirements for the organization since the software is developed in iterations. Thirdly, defects and mismatches can be detected early so this improves efficiency. With all these benefits involved the question is that why couldn’t the organization take advantage of this method. This is because there are several disadvantages as well. This is a time consuming method that is highly labor intensive since the people who are developing this need to complete each and every step. Also in case the employees in the organization are used to of the waterfall method then they might find it difficult adopting this method (Cockburn 2000)

        The main issue that the organization faced was that it made use of the wrong method. The Agile method is commonly used in the case of small organizations. Since this was a large on this method did not proved to be beneficial. This method is similar to the RAD. Communication effectively can be a little complex in large organizations so Agile method is not that useful. In case of large organizations process models would be better to use. The two main things that every organization has to keep in mind when selecting a method is, the nature of the system that is going to be developed and the size of their team.  Other factors that affect the choice of the methodology is that the level of skills available in the workforce of the organization. Highly skilled workforce can better adapt to changes as they may come up with better solutions however, workforce with lower skills may not want a change as it will be challenging for them. Organizations that have highly skilled employees are usually recommended to use the Rapid application development methodology (Little 2005)

        Moreover, whenever a change is being introduced in the organization it is important to clearly discuss the idea first with its employees. Employees are the biggest assets of the company and are closer to action hence, it is important to take their feedback on the issue. Once they are motivated to adopt the new system they will more easily accept change and so the results would be better. Furthermore, the budget that the company has and time that it has also determines the methodology that it is going to use. In addition to this according to Cockburn (2000) and Little (2005) the risk associated with each type should be considered carefully

    Keeping all the above discussion in mind I think the right approach would have been the RAD method. This is because the business had clearly defined its goals and time was important for the business that was looking forward to a good result.

References on developing a system in the organization

Banica, Logica, Magdalena Radulescu, Doina Rosca, and Hagiu Alina. 2017. "Is DevOps another Project Management Methodology?" 21 (3): Informatica Economică vol.

Cockburn, A. 2000. "Selecting a project's methodology." IEEE Software 17 (4): 64 - 71.

Little, Todd. 2005. "Context-Adaptive Agility: Managing Complexity and Uncertainty." IEEE Software 22 (3): 28 - 35.

Umbreen, Munazza, Jalil Abbas, and Syed Muqsit Shaheed. 2015. "A Comparative Approach for SCRUM and FDD in Agile." International Journal of Computer Science and Innovation (2): 79-87.