Agile 101 !!

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Agile methods break tasks into smaller chunks of stories that could be better managed. Normally, Agile groups work on a regular interval of time called Iterations. Depending on the project and the organizations, Iterations could vary between 2 to 4 weeks. 
We are currently on a 2 weeks iteration planning. The team size normally is smaller, so that everyone on the team is more focussed and is aware of all the things happening in the team. Basic idea is to plan the iteration in such a way that all the decided tasks can go through complete SDLC cycle of Analyzing, Designing, Coding, Unit and Acceptance testing. That's right, all of it in a single iteration and as you might have guessed, if the team successfully achieves that in an iteration, what you have at the end of the iteration is a working feature of the final deliverable with no or minimal bugs. It might take more iterations to successfully add significant product launch. Add a few iterations like this and there is the final , ready to be launched product at the end... ! wow, isn't that awesome.....