Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Benefits Of Applying RAD Rapid Application Development

By Patrice McCoy


The benefits of applying computer technology are many. Generally efficiency and productivity are characteristic of most of the processes that use this technology. Actualizing this requires a combination of software and hardware components. While the hardware is readily available it is the software component that actuates the application and hence requires a lot of customization. Such a growth process can be accomplished based on a numbers of approaches and techniques. One such form is the RAD rapid application development. This is a time critical software evolution approach.

It is obvious that the highly changeable product requirements by users demand a development process that is quick on product delivery. In this way the merchandise is not lagging behind on the user needs but is kept at par. Such an approach can speedily translate the product to suit the present user requirements. Such a methodology will imply various features that are particulate.

Primarily the approach supports fragmentation where smaller units are created and combine to form the big system. Each of these units or modules as they are also called handles a particular function. Every unit has its own time to complete with the whole project duration being equal to the sum of all the unit times. In this way the project duration can be adjusted accordingly.

This defines the time dependent approach to software production. In this case every component is assigned a time frame in which it must be completed. The team working on such a module or unit is regulated by this time constraint. At times when the deadline is exceeded the module or unit is discarded.

Characteristically time boxing is used within this approach where every module or phase in production has a defined time frame. The teams working on these units will run on a stringent timetable to deliver a tested sub system that is later integrated into the main system. The teams here achieve maximized effort to deliver quality.

The general consideration within such a discipline involves the time quality and cost. This consideration has been known to affect the success of any project. This is what most software developers consider when executing large software projects. It is imperative that a software product is released while the user need is still there.

However most of the traditional approaches like the waterfall did not guarantee this because of their rigid nature of execution. And so such methods produced software products that were obsolete or unable to meet the current user needs. This was because the products were normally released a little too late after user needs had evolved.

This is why RAD rapid application development was considered as a desirable option. It is possible to achieve a timely release of the product from such an approach. Therefore it is conclusive that products developed using these methods are likely to meet the current user needs. This is a very critical objective for carrying out any software development process. As such the resulting merchandise can fetch its value for money thereby increasing profits for the developers. Ultimately the process of getting a software product to be released on time will positively affect many other features of the commodity. Usability and acceptability are two of these significant characteristics. Merchandise that is accepted by the market will have a higher demand. In addition such a commodity gains increased usability.




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