Rapid Application Development
All you need to know about RAD
All you need to know about RAD
Key takeaways
Faster than traditional software development life cycles (SDLC)
Less planning, more prototyping, faster iteration
Use no-code technology alongside RAD to align business and IT
Stakeholders work together to ensure everyone is on the same page
The design comes together through multiple prototypes, with continuous user feedback
This is where prototypes become working models
Time to launch the product into a live environment. Developers focus here on stability and maintainability
Better alignment with customer needs (even when the needs change)
Speed: faster time-to-market
Adaptable and flexible
Customers must be committed to being involved in the whole process
Strong teamwork and communication is needed, which may be harder to achieve for larger projects and teams
Projects need to be large enough that they can be modularized
When the customer needs the finished product in a relatively short amount of time, RAD makes perfect sense
To derive maximum value from RAD, customers should commit to being involved in the software development life cycle (SDLC) process, meeting with developers for regular feedback sessions
Because RAD emphasizes the reuse of code through using low- and no-code platforms, new team members can be onboarded quickly. There is no need to hand over huge amounts of code!
To enable your team to focus more on the product, using a platform that enables automatic updates across all applications can be hugely beneficial — such platforms align closely with RAD
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