Development methodology is defined as the overall plan of work throughout the embedded processes and procedures that can be used as a guide to undertake the software development process. It prescribes how and when communication and information sharing is to be delivered and received by members of a project team.
The said methodologies help in defining the development process systematically and laying down the blue print of the subsequent steps leading to the efficient organisation and management of the development process. The major kinds of development methodologies that are practiced include: Agile, Waterfall, DevOps, and Rapid Application Development and these have diverse features that will suit the requirement of any project.