Iterative Development Glossary Definition

Iterative Development is an Agile or iterative-delivery concept used to organize, plan, inspect, or improve incremental project work. It helps teams adapt priorities, coordinate delivery, and make progress visible in short planning cycles.

Agile teams use this concept during backlog refinement, planning, delivery, review, or retrospective conversations, depending on the method and cadence in use.

Related concepts include Agile, Scrum, Backlog, User Story and Minimum Viable Product.