Rapid Application Development(RAD)

• Rapid application development approach employs tools, techniques and methofologies designed to speed application development.
• Examples include PowerBuilder and ORACLE which let organizations develop systems much quicker.
• For appropriate projects, this approach puts an application into production sooner than any other approach.
• Documentation is produced as a by-product of completing project tasks.
• RAD forces teamwork and lots of interaction between users and stake holders.
• This intense SDLC can burn out systems developers and other project participants,
• This approach requires systems analysts and users to be skilled in RAD system development tools and RAD techniques.
• RAD requires a larder percentages of stakeholders and users time than other approaches.