A Presentation on a Research Paper "Survay of Early Adopters".
This presentation is was prepared by Ebad Ur Rehman and Presented in a Class of Advance Software Engineering at University of South Asia
From stki application development_research sendingPerfecto Mobile
This document summarizes the findings of an IT development survey conducted in Israel. Some key findings include:
- On average, Israeli companies spend about half their IT budgets on new development and half on maintenance. Definitions of development and maintenance varied between companies.
- Most companies spend the most on coding, with lesser amounts spent on requirements, design, and testing. Testing budgets are lower when testing is part of the development organization.
- Public and health sectors spend more on requirements while telecom spends more on testing. Various sectors use different project management methodologies.
- Common metrics tracked include resources, time, features, lines of code, and bugs. Deployment and automation metrics are not commonly tracked.
IRJET- Factors in Selection of Construction Project Management Software i...IRJET Journal
The document discusses factors to consider when selecting construction project management software in India. It conducted interviews with 15 experts in the construction industry with experience ranging from 5-30 years. The interviews aimed to understand the software selection process. Based on the literature review and interviews, the document proposes a model for software selection with 8 steps: 1) identify software options, 2) review organization policies, 3) analyze the project's needs, 4) analyze the client's needs, 5) inquire the purpose of planning, 6) analyze software performance and price, 7) check available skills, and 8) select and use software. The model categorizes factors as either project specific or general to guide effective software selection.
Agile techniques that utilize iterative development are broadly used in various industry projects as a lightweight development technique which can satisfy the continuous changes of requirements. Short repetitions are used that are required for efficient product delivery. Traditional and old software development methods are not much efficient and effective to control the rapid change in requirements. Despite the benefits of Agile, criticism on agile methodology states that it couldn’t succeed to pay attention to architectural and design issues and therefore is bound to produce small design-decisions. The past decade has observed numerous changes in systems development with many organizations accepting agile techniques as a viable methodology for developing systems. An increase in the number of research studies reveals the growing demand and acceptance of agile methodologies. While most research has focused on acceptance rate and adaptation of agile practices, there is very limited knowledge of their post-adoption usage and incorporation within organizations. Several factors explain the effective usage of agile methodologies. A combination of previous research in Agile Methodologies, Diffusion of Innovations, Information Systems implementation, and Systems Development has been carried out to develop a research model that identifies the main factors relevant to the propagation and effective usage of agile methodologies in organizations.
Application Modernization and its Impact on Business Transformation.pdfbasilmph
A typical plan to extend the life of legacy applications is to move parts of the application over
time, but this can be an extremely time-consuming process. It is more efficient to build a new
application using new technologies while using the existing code as a foundation.
This declarative approach is called the application modernization strategy. It involves dealing
with critical application elements in legacy software and is considered the lever for business
transformation and API management platforms.
Software Development as an Experiment System: A Qualitative Survey on the St...Jürgen Münch
This document summarizes the findings of a qualitative survey on the state of continuous experimentation in software development companies. The survey involved interviews with experienced practitioners from 10 companies in Finland. It was found that while agile practices like Scrum and continuous integration were common, systematic experimentation was rare. Supporting practices for experimentation existed but were not integrated into a continuous experimentation process. Key challenges identified included organizational culture, product management, data management, and resources. The document concludes that continuous experimentation requires developing organizational capabilities and establishing data-driven decision making.
How Internal Politics Determine Success of Your PLM System_Boston EngineeringJonathan Carr
The document discusses challenges in product development such as increased complexity, dynamic markets, and extended supply chains. It then describes how internal politics can drive the success or failure of new programs through two case studies. Finally, it provides three keys to gaining employee adoption of new programs: communicate extensively, understand employee perspectives, and enlist help from change champions.
Assessment of project management practices in pakistani software industryjehan1987
This presentation shows the latest project management practices used in Pakistan Software Industries. This research will help project managers to better manage their projects.
This document provides a brief overview and comparison of 16 popular agile project management tools. It first discusses the increasing adoption of agile methodologies and need for tools to assist with agile project management. Popular tools mentioned include Jira, Trello, VersionOne, and Microsoft Project. The document then summarizes the key features and functionality of 3 tools in more detail: Jira, which is popular for its customizable boards and integration; ActiveCollab, suitable for small businesses; and Agilo for Scrum, which supports distributed teams through real-time collaboration.
From stki application development_research sendingPerfecto Mobile
This document summarizes the findings of an IT development survey conducted in Israel. Some key findings include:
- On average, Israeli companies spend about half their IT budgets on new development and half on maintenance. Definitions of development and maintenance varied between companies.
- Most companies spend the most on coding, with lesser amounts spent on requirements, design, and testing. Testing budgets are lower when testing is part of the development organization.
- Public and health sectors spend more on requirements while telecom spends more on testing. Various sectors use different project management methodologies.
- Common metrics tracked include resources, time, features, lines of code, and bugs. Deployment and automation metrics are not commonly tracked.
IRJET- Factors in Selection of Construction Project Management Software i...IRJET Journal
The document discusses factors to consider when selecting construction project management software in India. It conducted interviews with 15 experts in the construction industry with experience ranging from 5-30 years. The interviews aimed to understand the software selection process. Based on the literature review and interviews, the document proposes a model for software selection with 8 steps: 1) identify software options, 2) review organization policies, 3) analyze the project's needs, 4) analyze the client's needs, 5) inquire the purpose of planning, 6) analyze software performance and price, 7) check available skills, and 8) select and use software. The model categorizes factors as either project specific or general to guide effective software selection.
Agile techniques that utilize iterative development are broadly used in various industry projects as a lightweight development technique which can satisfy the continuous changes of requirements. Short repetitions are used that are required for efficient product delivery. Traditional and old software development methods are not much efficient and effective to control the rapid change in requirements. Despite the benefits of Agile, criticism on agile methodology states that it couldn’t succeed to pay attention to architectural and design issues and therefore is bound to produce small design-decisions. The past decade has observed numerous changes in systems development with many organizations accepting agile techniques as a viable methodology for developing systems. An increase in the number of research studies reveals the growing demand and acceptance of agile methodologies. While most research has focused on acceptance rate and adaptation of agile practices, there is very limited knowledge of their post-adoption usage and incorporation within organizations. Several factors explain the effective usage of agile methodologies. A combination of previous research in Agile Methodologies, Diffusion of Innovations, Information Systems implementation, and Systems Development has been carried out to develop a research model that identifies the main factors relevant to the propagation and effective usage of agile methodologies in organizations.
Application Modernization and its Impact on Business Transformation.pdfbasilmph
A typical plan to extend the life of legacy applications is to move parts of the application over
time, but this can be an extremely time-consuming process. It is more efficient to build a new
application using new technologies while using the existing code as a foundation.
This declarative approach is called the application modernization strategy. It involves dealing
with critical application elements in legacy software and is considered the lever for business
transformation and API management platforms.
Software Development as an Experiment System: A Qualitative Survey on the St...Jürgen Münch
This document summarizes the findings of a qualitative survey on the state of continuous experimentation in software development companies. The survey involved interviews with experienced practitioners from 10 companies in Finland. It was found that while agile practices like Scrum and continuous integration were common, systematic experimentation was rare. Supporting practices for experimentation existed but were not integrated into a continuous experimentation process. Key challenges identified included organizational culture, product management, data management, and resources. The document concludes that continuous experimentation requires developing organizational capabilities and establishing data-driven decision making.
How Internal Politics Determine Success of Your PLM System_Boston EngineeringJonathan Carr
The document discusses challenges in product development such as increased complexity, dynamic markets, and extended supply chains. It then describes how internal politics can drive the success or failure of new programs through two case studies. Finally, it provides three keys to gaining employee adoption of new programs: communicate extensively, understand employee perspectives, and enlist help from change champions.
Assessment of project management practices in pakistani software industryjehan1987
This presentation shows the latest project management practices used in Pakistan Software Industries. This research will help project managers to better manage their projects.
This document provides a brief overview and comparison of 16 popular agile project management tools. It first discusses the increasing adoption of agile methodologies and need for tools to assist with agile project management. Popular tools mentioned include Jira, Trello, VersionOne, and Microsoft Project. The document then summarizes the key features and functionality of 3 tools in more detail: Jira, which is popular for its customizable boards and integration; ActiveCollab, suitable for small businesses; and Agilo for Scrum, which supports distributed teams through real-time collaboration.
The performance of an algorithm can be improved using a parallel computing programming approach. In this study, the performance of bubble sort algorithm on various computer specifications has been applied. Experimental results have shown that parallel computing programming can save significant time performance by 61%-65% compared to serial computing programming.
A Review and Analysis on Mobile Application Development Processes using Agile...IJORCS
This document provides a review and analysis of mobile application development processes using agile methodologies. It begins with an introduction to agile software development and discusses how agile principles are a natural fit for mobile application development given the dynamic environment. The document then reviews several proposed mobile application development processes that combine agile and non-agile techniques, including Mobile-D, RaPiD7, a hybrid methodology, MASAM, and a Scrum and Lean Six Sigma integration approach. It concludes by noting that while agile methodologies show promise for mobile development, further empirical validation is still needed.
The document discusses project quality management for IT projects. It defines quality management and describes processes like quality planning, assurance, and control. It discusses tools for quality control like Pareto analysis, statistical sampling, Six Sigma, and testing. It summarizes contributions of quality experts like Deming and Juran. It describes how leadership, costs, standards, and maturity models relate to quality improvement for IT projects.
Suitability of Agile Methods for Safety-Critical Systems Development: A Surve...Editor IJCATR
Lately, agile methods have widely been used in large organizations. This contrasts to previous practice, where they were mainly
used for small projects. However, developers of safety critical systems have shied away from using these methods for the right and wrong
reasons. Adoption of agile methods for safety critical system development is low and there is need to find out why this is so especially
since agile methods allow a more relaxed approach towards documentation, flexible development lifecycle based on short iterations and
accommodates changing requirements. This paper presents a report of a detailed analysis of literature and aims to shed light on the
suitability of agile methods for developing safety critical systems .The findings indicate that many organizations are relying on traditional
methods to develop safety critical systems because they are familiar with them and have been thoroughly tested over time. However with
the advent of agile methods there is a paradigm shift by non safety critical system developers, nevertheless this is not happening with the
safety critical system developers and there is need to find out why.
Building Blocks for Continuous ExperimentationJürgen Münch
Development of software-intensive products and services increasingly occurs by continuously deploying product or service increments, such as new features and enhancements, to customers. Product and service developers need to continuously find out what customers want by direct customer feedback and observation of usage behaviour, rather than indirectly through up-front business analyses. This paper examines the preconditions for setting up an experimentation system for continuous customer experiments. It describes the building blocks required for such a system. An initial model for continuous experimentation is analytically derived from prior work. The model is then matched against empirical case study findings from a startup company and adjusted. Building blocks for a continuous experimentation system and infrastructure are presented. A suitable experimentation system requires at least the ability to release minimum viable products or features with suitable instrumentation, design and manage experiment plans, link experiment results with a product roadmap, and manage a flexible business strategy. The main challenges are proper and rapid design of experiments, advanced instrumentation of software to collect, analyse, and store relevant data, and the integration of experiment results in both the product development cycle and the software development process.
This document discusses different aspects of software innovation including the objectives, outcomes, types of products, sources of information, and approaches to defining solutions. The objectives of software innovation range from meeting end-user needs to driving business success and ensuring long-term company prosperity. The outcomes can include facilitating end-user work, streamlining cross-organization operations, and strengthening the company. Software products can be applications, systems, or integrated systems. Information comes from IT data, business information, knowledge, and intelligence. Approaches to defining solutions include predefined solutions, assisted elaboration, and continuous analysis leading to customized solutions.
second practice theory course builds on SWK 501, Generalist Practice with Individuals, Families and Small Groups, extending the concepts of strengths based practice to work with organizations and communities. The relationships between communities and organizations and at risk populations are infused throughout the course. Knowledge, values and skills will be obtained throughout the course. These will be gained through readings, oral and written assignments, and videos.
A Review of Agile Software Effort Estimation MethodsEditor IJCATR
Software cost estimation is an essential aspect of software project management and therefore the success or failure of a software
project depends on accuracy in estimating effort, time and cost. Software cost estimation is a scientific activity that requires knowledge of a
number of relevant attributes that will determine which estimation method to use in a given situation. Over the years various studies were done
to evaluate software effort estimation methods however due to introduction of new software development methods, the reviews have not
captured new software development methods. Agile software development method is one of the recent popular methods that were not taken
into account in previous cost estimation reviews. The main aim of this paper is to review existing software effort estimation methods
exhaustively by exploring estimation methods suitable for new software development methods.
MAKE THE QUALITY OF SOFTWARE PRODUCT IN THE VIEW OF POOR PRACTICES BY USING S...Journal For Research
In the Software Engineering, One of the most important factors to impact national and international business is quality of software and its assurance. Integral part of software development cycle is SQA, evaluation of software Quality product when compared to other industrial projects and it is very highly difficult. For developing, performance, speed, maintaining the quality, cost and efficiency of the software, SQA activities, principles and its methods are implemented in the early stages of the software engineering development phases. Where in this paper there is little visibility of lack of software Quality product in the view of poor practices. Hence we proposed a new system with best practices in software quality management to make the best quality product. This System works on Gain Better Visibility into Supplier Quality with Technology.
Project planning is essential for software projects. It involves estimating the work, resources, and time required. Key planning activities include defining problems and requirements, developing solution strategies, and planning development processes. Requirements planning is especially important - it helps eliminate defects by gaining user involvement, understanding critical needs, and considering non-functional requirements. Empirical studies show most firms plan feasibility and costs, though risk management practices vary. Thorough early planning is needed to estimate schedules, efforts, people and resources needed for a project's success.
GREG TRAXLER is an Economist and Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at the University of Washington and former Senior Program Officer at the Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation. His research background includes studies of the impact of agriculture technologies and agriculture policies. Greg has been at CIAT for the past month interacting with the Impact, M&E teams and with other researchers.
Greg will lead an open discussion on Monitoring and Evaluation and Impact at CIAT based on his observations over the past month. He is inviting all interested staff to hear his observations and discuss ideas for tweaking CIAT M&E to enhance capacity of CIAT to report on its progress and successes.
Building and Scaling High Performing Organizations
A quick review of the insightful book written by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim after four years of groundbreaking research about ways to measure software delivery performance
Software Architecture Evaluation: A Systematic Mapping StudySofia Ouhbi
Sofia Ouhbi presented a systematic mapping study on software architecture evaluation approaches at the 13th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. The study analyzed 60 papers on software architecture evaluation to identify key publication sources, trends over time, research types, validation methods, evaluation approaches, quality models used, and description models. The results showed that journals and conferences are the main publication sources, interest peaked in the late 2000s and has declined recently, case studies are common validation methods, and quality attributes like performance and maintainability are frequently evaluated using models like the ISO 9126.
Why is TDD so hard for Data Engineering and Analytics Projects?Phil Watt
This slide show describes the difficulties in implementing Test-Driven Development (TDD) in the context of analytics and data engineering in development and maintenance phases. If we assumes that the objective of TDD is to reduce cycle time, improve developer productivity and improve production quality. It identifies 7 challenges from the analytics literature and a further 10 from interviews (n=14) and survey respondents (n=20) selected from analytics leaders. A key theme emerging as an output is that many of the challenges can be addressed through education and coaching, notably around data literacy for key stakeholders and executives
Project monitoring and control measures in cmmiijcsit
Project monitoring and control process is an important process in developing any computer information
system. Monitoring and Control provides an understanding of the project’s progress so that when the
project deviates significantly from the plan appropriate corrective actions can be taken. This research will
identify general measures for the specific goals and its specific practices of Project Monitoring and
Control Process Area in Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI). CMMI is developed in USA by
Software Engineering Institute (SEI) in Carnegie Mellon University. CMMI is a framework for assessment
and improvement of computer information systems. The procedure we used to determine the measures is to
apply the Goal Questions Metrics (GQM) approach to the two specific goals and its ten specific practices
of Project Monitoring and Control Process Area in CMMI.
The document discusses the evolution and components of CASE (computer-aided software engineering) tools from 1980 to 1990, including their use of central repositories and automated design, analysis, and code generation. It also covers typical tasks for large-scale JAD (joint application development) environments and compares the traditional software development life cycle to RAD (rapid application development).
THE PERCEPTIONS OF AGILE METHODOLOGY IN SOUTH AFRICAcscpconf
Agile methodology was introduced in the mid 90’s while the agile manifesto was adopted in 2001. The rationale behind the introduction of the agile methodology was to uncover better ways of developing software that will meet the user’s expectation in an iterative controlled manner. With technological explosion and rift competition for market share, user experience and satisfaction can only be achieved through proper communication between stakeholders and innovative ways of doing things. Doing things differently is what the agile methodology brought. Despite the existence of this methodology for over 20 years now, South African software industry is only starting to realize its existence with a lot of companies jumping into the bandwagon. This paper presents the results of an empirical research of how the South African software industry perceive the methodology.
THE PERCEPTIONS OF AGILE METHODOLOGY IN SOUTH AFRICAcsandit
Agile methodology was introduced in the mid 90’s while the agile manifesto was adopted in 2001. The rationale behind the introduction of the agile methodology was to uncover better
ways of developing software that will meet the user’s expectation in an iterative controlled manner. With technological explosion and rift competition for market share, user experience and satisfaction can only be achieved through proper communication between stakeholders and
innovative ways of doing things. Doing things differently is what the agile methodology brought.Despite the existence of this methodology for over 20 years now, South African software
industry is only starting to realize its existence with a lot of companies jumping into the bandwagon. This paper presents the results of an empirical research of how the South African
software industry perceive the methodology.
EuroSPI O'Donnell Richardson Agile Methods in a Very Small CompanyMichael O'Donnell
This document discusses a case study of implementing agile methods at a small Irish software company called Sporting Software Ltd. The company tried implementing Extreme Programming (XP), an agile method, but ultimately declared it a failure. Some of the key problems encountered were lack of management support for agile methods and pre-existing employment contracts that did not align with agile values. The case study highlights that implementing agile methods can be challenging for small, remotely located companies.
The performance of an algorithm can be improved using a parallel computing programming approach. In this study, the performance of bubble sort algorithm on various computer specifications has been applied. Experimental results have shown that parallel computing programming can save significant time performance by 61%-65% compared to serial computing programming.
A Review and Analysis on Mobile Application Development Processes using Agile...IJORCS
This document provides a review and analysis of mobile application development processes using agile methodologies. It begins with an introduction to agile software development and discusses how agile principles are a natural fit for mobile application development given the dynamic environment. The document then reviews several proposed mobile application development processes that combine agile and non-agile techniques, including Mobile-D, RaPiD7, a hybrid methodology, MASAM, and a Scrum and Lean Six Sigma integration approach. It concludes by noting that while agile methodologies show promise for mobile development, further empirical validation is still needed.
The document discusses project quality management for IT projects. It defines quality management and describes processes like quality planning, assurance, and control. It discusses tools for quality control like Pareto analysis, statistical sampling, Six Sigma, and testing. It summarizes contributions of quality experts like Deming and Juran. It describes how leadership, costs, standards, and maturity models relate to quality improvement for IT projects.
Suitability of Agile Methods for Safety-Critical Systems Development: A Surve...Editor IJCATR
Lately, agile methods have widely been used in large organizations. This contrasts to previous practice, where they were mainly
used for small projects. However, developers of safety critical systems have shied away from using these methods for the right and wrong
reasons. Adoption of agile methods for safety critical system development is low and there is need to find out why this is so especially
since agile methods allow a more relaxed approach towards documentation, flexible development lifecycle based on short iterations and
accommodates changing requirements. This paper presents a report of a detailed analysis of literature and aims to shed light on the
suitability of agile methods for developing safety critical systems .The findings indicate that many organizations are relying on traditional
methods to develop safety critical systems because they are familiar with them and have been thoroughly tested over time. However with
the advent of agile methods there is a paradigm shift by non safety critical system developers, nevertheless this is not happening with the
safety critical system developers and there is need to find out why.
Building Blocks for Continuous ExperimentationJürgen Münch
Development of software-intensive products and services increasingly occurs by continuously deploying product or service increments, such as new features and enhancements, to customers. Product and service developers need to continuously find out what customers want by direct customer feedback and observation of usage behaviour, rather than indirectly through up-front business analyses. This paper examines the preconditions for setting up an experimentation system for continuous customer experiments. It describes the building blocks required for such a system. An initial model for continuous experimentation is analytically derived from prior work. The model is then matched against empirical case study findings from a startup company and adjusted. Building blocks for a continuous experimentation system and infrastructure are presented. A suitable experimentation system requires at least the ability to release minimum viable products or features with suitable instrumentation, design and manage experiment plans, link experiment results with a product roadmap, and manage a flexible business strategy. The main challenges are proper and rapid design of experiments, advanced instrumentation of software to collect, analyse, and store relevant data, and the integration of experiment results in both the product development cycle and the software development process.
This document discusses different aspects of software innovation including the objectives, outcomes, types of products, sources of information, and approaches to defining solutions. The objectives of software innovation range from meeting end-user needs to driving business success and ensuring long-term company prosperity. The outcomes can include facilitating end-user work, streamlining cross-organization operations, and strengthening the company. Software products can be applications, systems, or integrated systems. Information comes from IT data, business information, knowledge, and intelligence. Approaches to defining solutions include predefined solutions, assisted elaboration, and continuous analysis leading to customized solutions.
second practice theory course builds on SWK 501, Generalist Practice with Individuals, Families and Small Groups, extending the concepts of strengths based practice to work with organizations and communities. The relationships between communities and organizations and at risk populations are infused throughout the course. Knowledge, values and skills will be obtained throughout the course. These will be gained through readings, oral and written assignments, and videos.
A Review of Agile Software Effort Estimation MethodsEditor IJCATR
Software cost estimation is an essential aspect of software project management and therefore the success or failure of a software
project depends on accuracy in estimating effort, time and cost. Software cost estimation is a scientific activity that requires knowledge of a
number of relevant attributes that will determine which estimation method to use in a given situation. Over the years various studies were done
to evaluate software effort estimation methods however due to introduction of new software development methods, the reviews have not
captured new software development methods. Agile software development method is one of the recent popular methods that were not taken
into account in previous cost estimation reviews. The main aim of this paper is to review existing software effort estimation methods
exhaustively by exploring estimation methods suitable for new software development methods.
MAKE THE QUALITY OF SOFTWARE PRODUCT IN THE VIEW OF POOR PRACTICES BY USING S...Journal For Research
In the Software Engineering, One of the most important factors to impact national and international business is quality of software and its assurance. Integral part of software development cycle is SQA, evaluation of software Quality product when compared to other industrial projects and it is very highly difficult. For developing, performance, speed, maintaining the quality, cost and efficiency of the software, SQA activities, principles and its methods are implemented in the early stages of the software engineering development phases. Where in this paper there is little visibility of lack of software Quality product in the view of poor practices. Hence we proposed a new system with best practices in software quality management to make the best quality product. This System works on Gain Better Visibility into Supplier Quality with Technology.
Project planning is essential for software projects. It involves estimating the work, resources, and time required. Key planning activities include defining problems and requirements, developing solution strategies, and planning development processes. Requirements planning is especially important - it helps eliminate defects by gaining user involvement, understanding critical needs, and considering non-functional requirements. Empirical studies show most firms plan feasibility and costs, though risk management practices vary. Thorough early planning is needed to estimate schedules, efforts, people and resources needed for a project's success.
GREG TRAXLER is an Economist and Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at the University of Washington and former Senior Program Officer at the Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation. His research background includes studies of the impact of agriculture technologies and agriculture policies. Greg has been at CIAT for the past month interacting with the Impact, M&E teams and with other researchers.
Greg will lead an open discussion on Monitoring and Evaluation and Impact at CIAT based on his observations over the past month. He is inviting all interested staff to hear his observations and discuss ideas for tweaking CIAT M&E to enhance capacity of CIAT to report on its progress and successes.
Building and Scaling High Performing Organizations
A quick review of the insightful book written by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim after four years of groundbreaking research about ways to measure software delivery performance
Software Architecture Evaluation: A Systematic Mapping StudySofia Ouhbi
Sofia Ouhbi presented a systematic mapping study on software architecture evaluation approaches at the 13th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. The study analyzed 60 papers on software architecture evaluation to identify key publication sources, trends over time, research types, validation methods, evaluation approaches, quality models used, and description models. The results showed that journals and conferences are the main publication sources, interest peaked in the late 2000s and has declined recently, case studies are common validation methods, and quality attributes like performance and maintainability are frequently evaluated using models like the ISO 9126.
Why is TDD so hard for Data Engineering and Analytics Projects?Phil Watt
This slide show describes the difficulties in implementing Test-Driven Development (TDD) in the context of analytics and data engineering in development and maintenance phases. If we assumes that the objective of TDD is to reduce cycle time, improve developer productivity and improve production quality. It identifies 7 challenges from the analytics literature and a further 10 from interviews (n=14) and survey respondents (n=20) selected from analytics leaders. A key theme emerging as an output is that many of the challenges can be addressed through education and coaching, notably around data literacy for key stakeholders and executives
Project monitoring and control measures in cmmiijcsit
Project monitoring and control process is an important process in developing any computer information
system. Monitoring and Control provides an understanding of the project’s progress so that when the
project deviates significantly from the plan appropriate corrective actions can be taken. This research will
identify general measures for the specific goals and its specific practices of Project Monitoring and
Control Process Area in Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI). CMMI is developed in USA by
Software Engineering Institute (SEI) in Carnegie Mellon University. CMMI is a framework for assessment
and improvement of computer information systems. The procedure we used to determine the measures is to
apply the Goal Questions Metrics (GQM) approach to the two specific goals and its ten specific practices
of Project Monitoring and Control Process Area in CMMI.
The document discusses the evolution and components of CASE (computer-aided software engineering) tools from 1980 to 1990, including their use of central repositories and automated design, analysis, and code generation. It also covers typical tasks for large-scale JAD (joint application development) environments and compares the traditional software development life cycle to RAD (rapid application development).
THE PERCEPTIONS OF AGILE METHODOLOGY IN SOUTH AFRICAcscpconf
Agile methodology was introduced in the mid 90’s while the agile manifesto was adopted in 2001. The rationale behind the introduction of the agile methodology was to uncover better ways of developing software that will meet the user’s expectation in an iterative controlled manner. With technological explosion and rift competition for market share, user experience and satisfaction can only be achieved through proper communication between stakeholders and innovative ways of doing things. Doing things differently is what the agile methodology brought. Despite the existence of this methodology for over 20 years now, South African software industry is only starting to realize its existence with a lot of companies jumping into the bandwagon. This paper presents the results of an empirical research of how the South African software industry perceive the methodology.
THE PERCEPTIONS OF AGILE METHODOLOGY IN SOUTH AFRICAcsandit
Agile methodology was introduced in the mid 90’s while the agile manifesto was adopted in 2001. The rationale behind the introduction of the agile methodology was to uncover better
ways of developing software that will meet the user’s expectation in an iterative controlled manner. With technological explosion and rift competition for market share, user experience and satisfaction can only be achieved through proper communication between stakeholders and
innovative ways of doing things. Doing things differently is what the agile methodology brought.Despite the existence of this methodology for over 20 years now, South African software
industry is only starting to realize its existence with a lot of companies jumping into the bandwagon. This paper presents the results of an empirical research of how the South African
software industry perceive the methodology.
EuroSPI O'Donnell Richardson Agile Methods in a Very Small CompanyMichael O'Donnell
This document discusses a case study of implementing agile methods at a small Irish software company called Sporting Software Ltd. The company tried implementing Extreme Programming (XP), an agile method, but ultimately declared it a failure. Some of the key problems encountered were lack of management support for agile methods and pre-existing employment contracts that did not align with agile values. The case study highlights that implementing agile methods can be challenging for small, remotely located companies.
This document summarizes the key findings of a survey conducted by Forrester Consulting on development testing. The survey found:
1) Development testing has increased in importance as speed and innovation pressures grow, with 97% of respondents planning to increase investment in development testing to improve quality, security, and reduce costs.
2) Finding defects later is more expensive, with 73% of respondents believing increased costs are the most serious consequence of late defect discovery.
3) Developers face pressures to deliver innovations quickly while maintaining quality, but lack collaboration between development and QA teams.
DEVOPS ADOPTION IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROJECTS; A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEWijseajournal
The word DevOps derives from two different words Development and Operations. DevOps has recorded as
an interesting and novel approach adopted to the commonly used Agile software development
methodology. It raised agility of the software development process. Practical issues of Agile methodology
emphasize the requirement for collaboration of software development and operating teams. This
collaboration completed by the DevOps approach engages with the Agile methodology to improve the
quality, performance, and speed of the software developments. Since DevOps is an accentuating approach
in the software development industry, this research aimed to conduct a literature review to study the
evolution of the DevOps approach and its adoption in information systems projects. This target has
accomplished by reviewing the Agile methodology, issues of the Agile methodology, DevOps approach,
challenges and overcoming strategies of DevOps, and success factors of the DevOps approach. Finally, the
paper provides better acquaintance about the DevOps adoption in Information System projects
developments.
This document summarizes a thesis review on the practices and challenges of implementing agile software development methodology at Ethiopian Airlines. The research studied agile practices through surveys of 72 IT developers and interviews with managers. It found that while agile has benefits, Ethiopian Airlines faces challenges including lack of formal training, awareness issues, documentation problems, and difficulty forming self-organized teams. The researchers proposed a "Task based agile development methodology" guideline to address the challenges and help full adoption of agile. However, the study was limited to one organization and had a small data set.
IT departments face pressure to improve business value by accelerating new applications while maintaining existing systems, which consume most resources. Outsourcing maintenance and development can help manage costs and resources to support current systems while enabling new initiatives for competitive advantage. While in-house teams still manage higher-level tasks, outsourcing arrangements are structured partnerships where vendors assume responsibility for delivery of business value from outsourced services, as measured by performance metrics in service level agreements. Both benefits and risks must be considered in planning and contracting for outsourced work.
The document provides an overview of agile software development methods. It discusses topics like agile vs plan-driven development, extreme programming, the agile manifesto and principles. Extreme programming is described as taking an extreme approach to iterative development with new versions built several times per day and increments delivered every 2 weeks. Key practices of XP like incremental planning, small releases, test-first development, pair programming and continuous integration are also summarized.
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2. Abstract
Agile development methods has emerged from case studies.
A survey strategy enables to learn about the factors driving the
adoption and use of agile practices, and their benefits and challenges
as perceived by early adopters of this software development
methodology.
The ability to meet client needs and the delivery of quality software
products on time are significant benefits of agile development.
3. The Agile Manifesto stresses the importance of
a) people and interactions over processes and tools
b) working software instead of detailed documentation
c) active customer participation and involvement rather than time
and effort expended on negotiating contracts
d) willingness and ability to take on changes over steadfast
commitment to a static plan
4. • Agile software development methods including eXtreme
Programming (XP), Scrum, Adaptive Software Development and
Feature-Driven Development are based on the principles of the
Agile Manifesto and geared towards realizing its goals and
objectives
5. The benefits attributed to agile development are
• increased productivity
• expanded test coverage
• improved quality/fewer defects
• reduced time and costs
• Understandable
• maintainable and extensible code
• improved morale
• better collaboration
• and higher customer satisfaction
6. EARLIER SURVEY RESULTS
• In 2003, Shine Technologies, an Australian information technology (IT)
consulting firm, conducted a web-based survey to ascertain
organizations’ interest in agile methods.
• They received 131 responses from around the world, the majority of
whom (84.7%) indicated that they were knowledgeable about agile
development.
• XP was the most popular agile method with 59% of respondents using it.
• (80% or above) reported that agile processes had improved team
productivity, the quality of the applications, and business satisfaction
• half the respondents believed that costs were reduced with the
introduction of agile methods.
7. • Digital Focus (IT consulting firm) completed a comparable online
survey in 2005 eliciting responses from 136 individuals representing
128 organizations from 17 different countries.
• 90% of the respondents of this survey had a basic understanding of
agile development practices
• 81% were either using or planning to use agile methods in their
organizations
8. • Two other surveys conducted in 2005 provide information about
the rate of adoption of agile development.
• The first, an online poll conducted by MethodsAndTools.com,
indicate about 40% of the 232 participants’ organizations had
adopted agile methods and another 20% were evaluating them in
pilot projects.
• The second study, conducted by Schwaber and Fichera for Forrester
Research, states that about 14% of North American and European
companies were using agile approaches and another 19% were
planning to adopt them in the immediate future.
9. DATA COLLECTION STRATEGY
• Data for this study were collected through online survey of software
development professionals who are most likely to be early adopters
of agile development
10. Respondent Profile
• 98 responses from software professionals who have an average of
15.5 (median = 15.0) years of experience with software
development and 3.9 (median = 3.0) years of agile experience.
• the respondents had a variety of job titles, including some unique
titles such as Agile/XP Coach and Chief Agilist, software
developer/architect/engineer/programmer (48%)
• director/manager/leader (34%), and analysts/consultants (11%).
test-first and XP are reported to be used the most extensively, ranking 5.40 and 5.04, respectively, on a 7-point scale (see Figure 1). Pair Programming is used slightly less extensively, with a ranking of 4.20, followed by Scrum and Agile Modeling with rankings of 3.50 and 3.41, respectively. AUP (the Agile Unified Process) came in last with a ranking of 1.94.
Our respondents specified that agile techniques are mostly used for Internet-based software development projects (70%) and are sparingly used for systems applications (operating systems, compilers, languages), realtime/control systems, and simulators (see Figure 2). In addition, about half the respondents employ agile approaches for front-end (data-entry, GUI-oriented) and back-end (data-processing, batch, non-GUI) systems and about a third utilize them in developing ERP and “standalone” systems, such as word-processing or spreadsheet applications.
A majority of the respondents (75%) indicated that they use agile development approaches in half or more of all their projects
It is intriguing that personal interest is, by far, the most important factor influencing the agile adoption decision, with a mean score of 6.32 on the 7-point survey scale
Agile approaches are intended to produce software systems faster while simultaneously (or, more precisely, ambidextrously) anticipating and catering to changes in their requirements. Therefore, it is understandable that project turn-around time, software complexity and the stability of requirements emerge as the most influential factors in organizational decisions to use agile approaches (see Figure 5). In addition, the relatively low importance given to the criticality of the project is probably an indication of the respondents’ confidence in the capabilities of agile methods to take on any type of project, including mission-critical ones
It is apparent that our respondents do not believe that any perceived limitations with agile approaches such as the lack of formal guidelines, inadequate rewards or increased risk of project failure, are inhibitors of their adoption and use (see Figure 6). Rather, they attribute problems with the acceptance of agile development to organizational resistance and managerial disinterest. Lack of training and peer support are also recognized as challenges compounding the view that organizational actions (or the lack thereof) are probably the biggest roadblocks to the adoption and diffusion of agile practices. Our respondents offer more insight by identifying a) ignorance of agile, b) lack of facilities for pair programming, c) individual resistance and d) the exclusive reliance on economic evaluation criteria as additional barriers to the acceptance of agile methods.
As an affirmation of its guiding principles, the ability to be flexible and to deliver quality software that meets customer needs faster are recognized as key benefits of using agile development (see Figure 7). The relatively lower rating for reduction in development costs and the production of reusable code is an indication that costs and reusability may not be primary motivations for embracing agile methods and techniques. Some of the other benefits generated by our respondents are a) increased productivity, b) greater team morale, job satisfaction, and fun, c) improved predictability of schedule/costs/quality, d) knowledge transfer and sharing and e) lower risk of project failure.
In general, our respondents appear to be more upbeat about agile; more convinced about its benefits with few, if any, misgivings about its shortcomings (see Figure 8). Relatively, the limited support for development involving distributed environments and large teams and a steep learning curve may be the only worrisome issues. Aside from our custom list – few of which are considered serious drawbacks – respondents named the following as limitations to agile development: a) inability to work in CMMI environments, b) incompatibility with development culture, and c) lack of predictive control.