Implementing the Microsoft Solution Framework for Agile Software Development as Concrete Development-Method in the V-Modell XT

Nowadays, at least two types of software development processes exist. At first there are the formal, structured ones mainly based on waterfallor spiral-like processes. On the other hand, pragmatic agile methods, like Scrum or Extreme Programming, become more and more important. People often say both approaches are exclusive. In this paper we present an approach to integrate a concrete agile method, the Microsoft Solution Framework 4.0 for Agile Software Development, into a precise, well defined and structured software development process model – the V-Modell XT.