Rapid application development (RAD) is a popular agile project management strategy for fast-paced software development. It has the following 4 phases:?
- Requirements planning: It is similar to the meetings for project scoping. Requirement planning is a crucial phase to ensure the ultimate success of the project. Every single requirement to complete the project is discussed in this phase. Conducting research on the current problem, setting the goals and objectives of the project, and getting the approval of each stakeholder are all part of this phase.?
- User Design: It is the first step of developing the product. Developers try to bring out the best user design through various prototype iterations. Developers and clients work hand in hand here to ensure every requirement and specification is met in the prototype application.?
- Rapid Construction: This phase is all about the conversion of the prototype into the final working product. As all the issues and changes are addressed in the design phase, developers can rapidly work here to finish building the application.??
- Cutover: Data conversion, testing, and changeover to the new system are the processes included in this final phase. It is the phase of implementation and launching of the application.??
As the RAD strategy breaks down the development process into small manageable tasks, it gets easier for both the developers and the clients. Developers get an optimized way to work and the clients get the product delivered in a short frame of time.??