Introduction to RAD (Rapid Application Development) Methodology

Now we start posting on rapid application development (RAD). Well it’s started on the early 90’s. It is an advertising catchphrase that about every software development tool uses, yet one that seldom applies. At a high level it is a Custom Application Development method that uses:

§ Iterations in System Development Life Cycle

§ The Prototyping Approach to Development

§ CASE Approach to Development

Look on the outline of RAD (Rapid Application Development)

Outline

Rapid Application Development (RAD) is a software development methodology that focuses on building software applications in a very short amount of time; conventionally with compromise in usability, skin and/or implementation speed. The term has recently turn out to be an advertising catchphrase that generally describe applications that can be designed and developed within 45-90 days, but it was initially planned to describe a procedure of application development that involves application prototyping and iterative development.

This is the only outline of Rapid Application Development, in my next blogs there’ll be some history of RAD.