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        <description><![CDATA[Agile Approach is a discussion site, for debating the meriting of the various Agile Methodologies, with particular emphasis on Direct Development]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:39:30 UTC</pubDate>
            <title>Agile Approach</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ What is Direct Development?  
Direct Development is all about:    simple, accurate communication
   small teams
   low costs
   getting results faster
   
 
It's not a trendy new agile, method, but a tried and trusted approach used by organisations large and small for many years. 
  
Think of Direct Development as the opposite of off-shoring. Your
business cannot afford to lose control to faceless consultants, so we
work directly with those who will benefit from the software, to deliv]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:14:59 UTC</pubDate>
            <title>What makes a Direct Development project?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Simple  
Direct Development is intended to be as simple as possible  An important element is to keep the descriptions as free of jargon as possible.  Common Features of Direct Development  
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      Small Teams 
         Show case studies of your product or service with images and a full descr]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:00:48 UTC</pubDate>
            <title>The ideas behind Direct Development</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ 
To explain our choice of methodology a little history is required. HMW
Computing was founded in 1981 a time-sharing services company primarily
working in APL, an interpreted mathematically focused programming
language.   
Our early work was n mainframes and dial-up services in the management
accounting and insurance business areas. Usually the team were small -
1 to 3 developers working directly with the users of the system who
usually supplied requirements in a vague informal manner.
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            <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:17:59 UTC</pubDate>
            <title>About Direct Development</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Why Another Agile Methodology?  While we adhere to the DSDM approach, we were developing systems long before DSDM was thought of, so we have our own compliant methodology, which we call Modular Prototyping.  This evolved from the frustrations of trying to use approaches such as SSADM and Method One within a RAD environment. We adopted some elements of the waterfall methods, learned a lot from James Martin’s RAD techniques, the Prism Methodologies (particularly the Enhancement and Maintenance m]]></description>
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