Think of it as building a massive LEGO castle. And instead of constructing the castle from scratch, you start building it part by part. So first you make the towers, then make the walls and then join everything together to build a castle. It is much like how some software gets developed. Building and delivering software in small pieces is how you build that LEGO castle a brick at a time.
Every part of the castle and every piece of software is cleverly thought out to fit together seamlessly, in fact, no matter even if each brick is built separately and at times delivered separately.
Why Are We Building Software One Piece At A Time?
Creating software in pieces is like putting together a massive puzzle. It is more difficult to manage the whole puzzle simultaneously. It is very powerful by itself, but when you break it up into smaller pieces we can digest and utilize the bits better. This means that people working on the software can take a single piece of the puzzle and get it right before moving on to another one. A report feature is embedded: There would be a problem, way along with the approach to solving the same.
How It Is Used to Build Software
Having software that is made up of small parts makes it easier to have a perfect integration. Here is a similar example, in building a car the individual components of an engine are made and tested alone before being stuck together to form the final product. When something fails, a failed part can be pinpointed easily. The same goes for software. It’s sort of like how cars are built, really — each part is prepared separately and we only add one to the other when it has been completed (tested).
Delivering Software in Pieces
Well, let’s consider getting the software implemented. Think of yourself as waiting for a book series in the mail one by the company when it accompanies. There is no need to wait for the rest before starting from scratch.
That way, you merely have to live for a new book. The Concept Of User (Similar to Activity) To Desing Similarly, when software is delivered one piece at a time the user can start using parts of your software immediately until that whole thing is finished. It is good to do this, if users need something urgently so have not too long distance for them.
Pros Of Breaking Off the Building, Delivery of Software in Parts
It is a very smart thing to build and deliver your software in pieces, for reasons such as:
More manageable: Cleaning your room Cleaning all at once: Cleaning everything in a single day would be tiring. Yet, if you polish a tough area piecemeal, it will get easier. It makes things easier for the people designing and building it if you break the software up.
Locate Problems Quickly: When anything goes wrong, you can easily figure out what happened as everything was isolated to a small section. This is akin to discovering a broken toy while cleaning out one corner of the room rather than searching for it in the entire mess that we have willingly made time and again.
Begin Ordering Sooner: Picture opening up all of your birthday gifts individually as opposed to at once. It’s just how a piecemeal software delivery thing works — if part of it is done, users should be able to use that.
Mode to samples of software that have been constructed and executed in partial deliveries are:-
Lots of major companies break up and release their software in components. An example of this is when a video game company releases only part of its product as the initial release and details that more levels or stuff are en route. This enables the players to enjoy the game immediately and provides an opportunity for developers to complete other aspects of gameplay.
A example is how your phone apps update. In other cases, the app doesn’t dramatically change but new features are continually rolling out one by one. It is because the app developers have split up delivering new software in pieces, making the app better incrementally without you having to wait for one big update.
How do we make sure everything syncs up?
Putting together a puzzle is like combining these diverse pieces to form the larger picture. This is the same with technology. All elements of the components for software are tested independently and then re-tested to again confirm that everything works well together. That way, any issues can be resolved before the software is completely rolled out.
Why deliver software in smaller parts?
Swarming to develop software is important so you keep your users happy Delivered in pieces Now, think about waiting an entire year for your favorite game to drop only now it is riddled with bugs and poorly done. That would be frustrating! Breaking the game up into parts allows developers to address issues as they come up, while also keeping players engaged with continuous updates.
It is also important as it allows developers to receive feedback from end users. And where users don’t like something, developers do so before the remaining software is delivered. This is the equivalent of licking your birthday cake before it comes out — if something tastes funny, you can make changes and not have to serve a mess to everyone else.
The problem with building software in pieces
As you may have noted, breaking down software into smaller pieces is great for many reasons but it comes with its overhead. American Socialism poses a) The Problem of Fragmented Cooperation. It is like constructing a robot — you work on the various parts and then ensure that all those different pieces fit together into one functioning unit. And when one part fails to work as expected, the entire robot can fall out of sync.
Similarly, the order in which pieces are built and delivered presents another issue to tackle. Like a puzzle, some pieces need to fit in before others. To avoid building in the wrong order, developers must plan carefully.
Conclusion
Another analogy to software development in general, but especially when trying to build and deliver your product bit by bit is with LEGO. It makes sure everything works well together, allows users to start using the software immediately and gives developers time to repair issues as they go.
It is difficult, but this way of doing builds software in a better and final experience from users. That way, when you use an app or a game the next time around, keep this in mind as it may have been put together and sent out to you one brick at a time — also like a huge cool LEGO project!
