2. Research Stage
22 submissions
Reviewed by
International PC
15 accepted = 7
long + 4 short + 4
position
Archived in the
IEEE digital library
Proceedings
available Distribution of Research Submissions by Country
3. People
Research and Academic Chair
Rashina Hoda
The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Research Stage Co-Producer
Nils Brede Moe
SINTEF, Norway
Speakers
Julian Bass, Robert Gordon University, UK
Balachander Swaminathan, IIT Bombay, India
Laura Plonka, The Open University, UK
Daniel J. Jeeson (Ani Liza Asnawi), University of Southampton, UK
Sonia, University of Delhi, India
Keiko Shimazu, KEIO University, Japan
Venkatesh Kamat, Goa University, India
Michael Waterman, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ
Sonali Bhasin, Nokia Siemens Networks, India
Ramrao Wagh, Goa University, India
Kissan Gauns Dessai, Shree Damodar College of Commerce & Economics,
Goa, India
Apologies
Qichao Liu, University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States
Célio Santana, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil
4. People
Program Committee
Noura Abbas, Colorado Technical University, USA
Muhammad Ali Babar, ITU, Denmark
Venugopal Balijepally, Prairie View University, USA
Shilpa Bhalerao, AITR, India
Torgeir Dingsøyr, SINTEF, Norway
Yael Dubinsky, IBM Lab, Haifa
Yvonne Dittrich, ITU, Denmark
Tore Dybå, SINTEF, Norway
Jennifer Ferriera, Open University, UK
Orit Hazzan, Technion, Haifa
John Hosking, The University of Auckland, NZ
Philippe Kruchten, University of British Columbia, Canada
Stuart Marshall, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ
Frank Maurer, University of Calgary, Canada
Rabeb Mizouni, KUSTAR, United Arab Emirates
Sridhar Nerur, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
James Noble, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ
Rafael Prikladnicki, PUCRS, Brazil
Norsaremah Salleh, IIUM, Malaysia
Helen Sharp, Open University, UK
Ahmed Sidky, Santeon, USA
Brian Toone, Samford University, USA
Ramrao Wagh, Goa University, India
Xiaofeng Wang, Lero, Ireland
5. Presentations
5 full presentations @ relevant stages
Specialized Research Café
Intro Talk
2 full paper presentations
Poster Madness
Open Space
6. Agile Research
New and emerging field
Qualitative, quantitative, mixed
Theoretical and field-studies
Popular topics
Pair programming
Team dynamics
Adoption case-studies
Emerging topics
Self-organization
Method tailoring
….
7. Publishing
Conferences
Agile conferences: Agile 20xx, XP20xx, Agile
India 20xx
Software Engineering conferences: ICSE, SPLASH
(OOPSLA), ESEM, CHASE workshop, …
Journals
Transactions of Software Engineering (TSE)
Empirical Software Engineering (ESE)
Journal of Systems and Software (JSS)
Information and Software Technology (IST)
International Journal of Agile and Extreme
Software Development (IJAESD)
…
8. An Example…
Topic
Self-Organizing Agile Teams
Method
Grounded Theory (qualitative)
Participants
58 practitioners, 23 organizations
multiple roles, domains
Data Collection
interviews + observations
Data Analysis
open, selective, theoretical coding
Literature Review
Agile, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Management,
Organizational Theory
Results
Theory of Self-organizing Agile Teams explains how software
development teams take on informal Roles and perform balanced
Practices while facing environmental Factors in order to become
self-organizing.
Publications
ESE, IST, ICSE, OOPSLA, PLoP, EuroPLoP, Agile, XP, CHASE, PhD
Thesis…
(All publications available on: www.rashina.com)
9. Select a research method
and use it well
Make the most of supervision
Build a network (conferences, groups,…)
Approach participants professionally
Publish early and frequently
Relate your findings to literature
No substitute for RIGOUR
Take pride in your research!
11. Intro Talk, Dr. Rashina Hoda 10:00-10:30 Research Café
Coffee/Tea Break 10:30-10:45
Full Paper Presentations
Agile Practices in Higher Education: A Case Study 10:45-11:15
Venkatesh Kamat and Shailaja Sardessai, Goa University, India
Integration Analysis of Security Activities from the perspective of agility 11:15-11:45
Sonia and Archana Singhal, University of Delhi, India
Poster Madness 11:45-12:15
Using Social Media for Collaborative Intelligence in Agile Projects
Kissan Gauns Dessai and Ramrao Wagh,
Shree Damodar College of Commerce & Economics, Goa, India
Improving Learning Outcome through Iterative Teaching/Learning Methodology
Kissan Gauns Dessai
Shree Damodar College of Commerce & Economics, Goa, India
Lunch Break 12:15-01:15
Poster Madness (continued…) 01:15-02:15
How much architecture? Reducing the up-front effort
Michael Waterman, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Quality Assurance in Agile - Drive towards achieving excellence
Sonali Bhasin, Nokia Siemens Networks, India
Using Scrum for Software Engineering Class Projects
Ramrao Wagh, Goa University, India
Factor Analysis: Investigating Important Aspects for Agile Adoption in Malaysia
Ani Liza Asnawi, University of Southampton, UK
Open Space “Researching Agile” 02:15-02:45
Coffee/Tea Break 02:45-03:00
Open Space (continued…) 03:00-04:30
12. Research Café
Poster Madness
Highlightyour research in 5-15mins talk
Engage people in discussion
around posters
Receive feedback on your
posters/research
13. Research Café
Open Space
Theme: Researching Agile
Facilitator: Rashina Hoda
Hosts: You!
Topics
e.g. future of Agile research; fostering collaboration
between research and industry; challenges of
conducting research on Agile, etc.
The Law of Two Feet
Discussion
14. Open Space Topics Summary
Quality in Agile
Defining successful project (delivery on time, customer feedback,
respond to bugs, etc.)
Developers are the field-workers
Devs need to show initiative, ownership, communicate with
customers.
Transparency vs. diplomacy (dev => customer)
Own mistakes, fix, estimate fixing time
Managers as enablers
Challenges
Mini waterfall
Developer attitude and grooming
Strategies (what to measure)
Velocity (subjective)
Customer acceptance (shorter iterations help)
Bug rate
Frequent customer feedback
15. Open Space Topics Summary
Pairing + Real Data in Agile
Research
Pairing
Effect of pairing on productivity
No conclusive data either ways
Real Data
Hard to get industrial data
Convincing companies
Team perspective
Ideas?
16. Open Space Topics Summary
International Agile Education Consortium
Getting feedback from students frequently
Students afraid of testing – why test continuously?
Bringing in interactivity
Employability
Applying Agile in classroom – apply Agile practices in education (colleges)
Self-help groups
Student quality vs. teacher motivation
Teachers as enablers (coaches)
Enabling change
Self-directed learning (e-learning, khan academy)
Getting teachers to buy-in
Money not a motivator, but required for sustenance
Teaching as a part-time => international + elite institutes in India allow for
research-led teaching
Teachers of certain personality time (some people happy to be routine)
Involving industry: create a group, make a pilot program
IAEC google group
Phase 1: create awareness in India, GOA university to host first pilot
Phase 2: take it international
Improve on Agile Manifesto for Education first draft
