Agile methods have a number of disadvantages. Discuss the disadvantages of agile methods and how these disadvantages can be managed, with examples. Agile is a newer software development method in the software industry. Until 2006, 17% of organizations were already using Agile as a software decentralization method. Many organizations are interested in it and are now moving towards adopting the agile method. They believe that agile methods are much more flexible and that this method can bring significant benefits to their organizations, such as improved quality, efficiency and customer satisfaction. However, some researchers have found that agile is not as good as expected. Studies suggest that agile methods have a number of disadvantages. In this essay, it will briefly describe the disadvantages of the agile method and how these disadvantages can be managed. In a software development project, organizations need to develop software to achieve their business goals within a specific time frame. The most commonly used methods are called “waterfall method” or “agile method”. Agile is a method that can move away from traditional structure so that development styles are more flexible. Most organizations believe that the agile method would be a better option than the waterfall model because it is more efficient and has better adaptability in reality. Although agile has its advantages, agile is not perfect. For example, the agile method would be more suitable for a small project, but not for a large project. This is because large projects are often difficult to estimate the effort and time required in a software development cycle. (McCormick, 2012) Project requirements are always essential...... middle of paper ...... transmitting business knowledge to the agile team. Organizations must also understand the challenges of agile and ensure that they can manage these challenges. Therefore, they can minimize the impact of the agile method. References: Drury, M., Conboy, K. and Power, K. (2012). Barriers to decision making in Agile software development teams. Journal of Systems and Software, Vol. 85, pp. 1239-1254. McCormick, M. (2012). Waterfall vs Agile methodology. MPCS, Inc. pp. 1-8. Sharma S., Sarkar D., Gupta D. (2012). Agile processes and methodologies: a conceptual study. International Journal of Computer Science and Engineering, Vol. 4 No. 05, pp. 892-898. Yu, B., Loo, W., Tham, W. and Tan, S. (2012). AGILE software development lifecycle vs traditional approaches. 2012 International Conference on Information and Network Technology (ICINT 2012), Vol. 37, pp... 162-167.