Briefly introduced and comparatively analysed: Agile SD, component-based SE, aspect-oriented SD and Mashups

This paper compares Agile Methods, Component-Based SE, Aspect-Oriented SD, and Mashups as the latest four software development methods. These different approaches depend very heavily on the application domain. The comparison accordingly gives a brief review of these four methodologies, taking their definition, characteristics, advantages and disadvantages into consideration and generating a conceptual mind-map and preparing the foundation to assist in formulating and designing a new integrated software development approach and supportive techniques. It is a basis to initiate new research in the software engineering subject field.