Advantages of Agile Software Development, Outsourcing IT Services, End User Involvement, Supply Chain Management, and RFID in SCM

Running head: SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
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Answer 1
The major advantages of the Agile software development methods over the Waterfall
model are as follows:
1. The agile method is best suited for projects where there are frequent chances of making
changes whereas, the waterfall model makes it difficult to track back and make frequent
changes (Abrahamsson et al, 2017).
2. In Agile methodology, testing can be performed simultaneously alongside the software
development phase. Whereas in the waterfall methodology, the testing phase starts only
after the whole system has been build.
However, risks with the agile approach are that the net costing and delivery timescales of
the complete project is unpredictable. In addition, the involvement of end users can figuratively
keep adding to the requirements.
Answer 2
The main benefits of outsourcing IT services include:
1. Better disaster recovery- 3rd party data centers are better equipped to get the IT services
back on their feet in real time, after any security or unavoidable disaster.
2. IT expertise- The outsourced vendors have the necessary technical expertise and
sophisticated IT services to decide and maintain the best fit options of IT resource
management.
The main benefits of outsourcing IT services include:
1. Less control- The data is stored on 3rd part servers. This gives the control over the data.