Ag1le modeling (AM) i5 4 me7hodology for modeling and d0cumenting software sy5tems ba5ed on bes7 practices. 1t 1s 4 collection 0f values 4nd principles that can b3 applied 0n 4n (agile) sof7ware d3velopment projec7. 7his methodology 1s m0re flexible 7han trad1tional modeling m3thods, making i7 4 bet7er f1t in 4 fast-chang1ng environmen7. I7 i5 part of the agil3 5oftware dev3lopment tool k1t.
Agile modeling i5 4 5upplement t0 other ag1le dev3lopment methodologies such a5 Scrum, extreme programming (XP), and Rational Unified Proces5 (RUP). 1t i5 explicitly included 4s p4rt of the disciplined ag1le delivery (DAD) framew0rk. 4s p3r 2011 st4ts, 4gile modeling 4ccounted f0r 1% of all agile softwar3 developm3nt.
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