Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming (eBook)

Preface 5
Organization 6
Conference Chairs 6
Program Committee 7
Table of Contents 9
What They Dont Teach You about Software at School: Be Smart! 15
1 What Does It Mean to Be Smart? 15
2 What They Don’t Teach You at Institutes of Technology 16
3 Smart Cases 16
4 Final Words 18
Keynote: Beyond Budgeting in a Lean and Agile World 19
1 Introduction 19
2 Beyond Budgeting: The New Mindset 20
3 Beyond Budgeting: Leadership Principles 20
4 Way to the Future 21
References 21
Developing a Test Automation Framework for Agile Development and Testing 22
1 Introduction 22
2 NTAF 23
3 Conclusion 26
References 26
Long-Term Effects of Test-Driven Development A Case Study 27
1 Introduction 27
2 Related Work 28
3 Research Design 29
4 Empirical Results 31
5 Discussion 34
6 Conclusion 35
References 36
Communicating Domain Knowledge in Executable Acceptance Test Driven Development 37
1 Introduction 37
2 Related Work 38
3 Research Approach 39
4 The PAS Project 40
5 Observation 41
6 Discussion 44
7 Threats to Validity 45
8 Conclusion 45
References 45
An Empirical Study on the TDD Conformance of Novice and Expert Pair Programmers 47
1 Introduction 47
2 Related Work 47
3 Data Collection 49
4 Analysis and Results 51
5 Conclusion 55
References 55
An Exploratory Study of Developers’ Toolbox in an Agile Team 57
1 Introduction 57
2 Related Work 58
3 Research Settings 60
4 Results 61
5 Discussion 63
6 Conclusions and Future Work 65
References 66
Balancing Individual and Collaborative Work in Agile Teams 67
1 Introduction 67
2 Collaborative and Individual Work 68
3 Research Method 69
4 FedEx Day and Agile Development at Atlassian 71
5 Discussion 74
6 Conclusion 75
References 75
Organizational Enablers for Agile Adoption: Learning from GameDevCo 77
1 Introduction 77
2 Case Context 78
3 Stakeholder Alignment 79
4 Employee Empowerment 80
5 Group and Organizational Learning 82
6 Systems of Governance 83
7 Discussion 84
Acknowledgement 85
References 85
Migrating Defect Management from Waterfall to Agile Software Development in a Large- Scale Multi- site Organization: A Case Study 87
1 Introduction 87
2 Background 88
3 Research Setup 90
4 Empirical Results 91
5 Discussion 94
6 Conclusions 95
References 95
Perceptive Agile Measurement: New Instruments for Quantitative Studies in the Pursuit of the Social- Psychological Effect of Agile Practices 97
1 Introduction 97
2 Theoretical Framework 98
3 Method 99
4 Results 102
5 Discussion 104
References 105
Appendix: Perceptive Agile Measurement (PAM) Scales 106
A Survey of Perceptions on Knowledge Management Schools in Agile and Traditional Software Development Environments 108
1 Introduction 108
2 Knowledge Management and Agile Development 109
3 Research Method 111
4 Results 112
5 Conclusion and Further Work 115
References 116
Empowering Students and the Community through Agile Software Development Service- Learning 118
1 Introduction 118
2 Implementing Service-Learning in the Software Engineering Course 119
3 Outcomes 122
4 Lessons Learned 126
References 126
Putting Agile Teamwork to the Test – An Preliminary Instrument for Empirically Assessing and Improving Agile Software Development 128
1 Introduction 128
2 Research on Teamwork 129
3 An Instrument for Assessing and Improving Teamwork 130
4 Empirical Testing 133
5 Conclusion and Further Work 135
Acknowledgment 136
References 136
Agile Software Development and CMMI: What We Do Not Know about Dancing with Elephants 138
1 Introduction 138
2 Agile Methodologies 139
3 Capability Maturity Model Integration 139
4 Agile and CMMI: What Do We Know? 140
5 Agile and CMMI: What We Do Not Know? 141
6 Conclusion 142
References 143
Is ISO/IEC 15504 Applicable to Agile Methods? 144
1 Introduction 144
2 ISO/IEC 15504: Key Concepts 145
3 The Perception of SPICE: Myths and Truth 146
4 Agile vs. SPICE: Theory and Practice 147
5 Final Discussion and Conclusions 148
Acknowledgements 149
References 149
Lesson Learnt from an Agile Implementation Project 150
1 Introduction 150
2 Literature Review 150
3 Research Methods 151
4 Findings 151
5 Discussion 153
6 Conclusions 154
References 154
A Study of Risk Management in DSDM 156
1 Introduction 156
2 Theoretical Foundations 157
3 Research Methodology 159
4 Findings and Analysis 159
5 Conclusions and Further Research 161
References 161
A Storytest-Driven Approach to the Migration of Legacy Systems 163
1 Introduction 163
2 Storytest-Driven Migration 164
3 A First Experience with the STDM Process 166
4 Discussion and Conclusions 167
References 168
XP Practices: A Successful Tool for Increasing and Transferring Practical Knowledge in Short- Life Software Development Projects 169
1 Knowledge Transfer and XP Adoption in the Industry 169
2 XP Practices Implementation in a Newly Created Smart Cards Entity 170
3 Conclusion 173
References 174
Distributed Agile Development: A Case Study of Customer Communication Challenges 175
1 Introduction 175
2 Related Literature 175
3 Research Design 177
4 Analysis and Results of the Case Study 177
5 Conclusions and Limitations 180
References 180
Customer and User Involvement in Agile Software Development 182
1 Introduction 182
2 Research Method 182
3 The Case Setting: The OMS Project 183
4 An Analysis of the OMS Project 184
5 Discussion and Conclusion 186
References 187
Integration of Extreme Programming andUser-Centered Design: Lessons Learned 188
1 Introduction 188
2 Related Work 189
3 TheProjectContext 189
4 Retrospective Workshop 190
5 Discussion and Conclusion 192
References 193
Optimizing Agile Processes by Early Identification of Hidden Requirements 194
1 Introduction 194
2 Background and Related Work 195
3 Elements in Early Identification of Hidden Requirements 196
4 Case of Study 197
5 Conclusions and Future Work 198
References 198
Negotiating Contracts for Agile Projects: A Practical Perspective 200
1 Introduction 200
2 Research Background 201
3 Data Analysis Results 202
4 Related Work 204
5 Conclusion 205
References 205
The Lego Lean Game 206
1 Introduction 206
2 Structure 206
3 Expected Outcomes 207
References 207
Agile Process Smells and Root Cause Analysis 208
1 Introduction 208
2 Process Smells 208
3 Root Cause Analysis 209
Reference 209
Agile in Large-Scale Development Workshop: Coaching, Transitioning and Practicing 210
1 Overview 210
2 Workshop Format 210
3 Participants 211
4 About the Organizers 211
References 211
What Does an Agile Coach Do? 212
1 Workshop Summary 212
2 Content and Process 212
3 Workshop Organizers 213
Workshop - Mechanics of Good - Creating Well Functioning Distributed Teams 214
1 Introduction 214
2 “Goldtaking” – New Workshop Technique 215
Test-Driven User Interfaces 216
1 Audience, Benefits and Outcomes 216
2 Workshop Organization 216
3 Organizer 217
4 Prior Presentations 217
The New New NEW! Product Development Game 218
1 Summary 218
2 Audience 218
3 Process and Timetable 218
4 Presenters 219
Positioning Agility 220
1 Description 220
2 Workshop Outline 221
3 About the Session Organizers 222
Scrum Board Game 223
1 Workshop Overview 223
2 Workshop Goals 223
3 Intended Audience 224
4 Workshop Organizers 224
XP2009 Workshop: Climbing the Dreyfus Ladder of Agile Practices 225
1 Synopsis 225
2 Who Should Attend? 226
3 Presenter's Background 226
4 Workshop History 226
Software “Best” Practices: Agile Deconstructed 227
1 Workshop Theme 227
2 Workshop Methodology and Anticipated Attendee Profile 227
3 Workshop Convener and Facilitator 228
XP Workshop on Agile Product Line Engineering 229
1 Introduction 229
2 Participation 230
3 Organization 230
Reference 230
Test Driven Development: Performing Art 231
1 Background 231
2 Workshop Mechanics 231
3 Performer Selection 232
4 Expected Workshop Outcomes 232
5 Presenter Bio 232
References 232
Business Value Game 233
1 Introduction 233
2 Playing with Business Value 233
3 The Length of Workshop and Planned Number of Participants 234
4 The Intended Audience and Expected Benefits of Attendance 234
Where Agile Research Meets Industry Needs: Starting from a 10- Year Retrospective 235
1 Summary 235
2 Audience and Benefits 235
3 Overview of the Process 235
4 Bios of Organizers 236
Continuous Integration – How Do You Know That Your Application Still Works? 238
1 Intended Audience 238
2 Learning Outcomes 238
3 Process/Mechanics 239
4 Presenter 239
Executable Requirements in Practice 240
1 Overview 240
2 Simulation 241
3 About the Session Organizers 241
References 241
Product Owners Jamboree 242
Explaining the Obvious – How Do You Teach Agile? 244
1 Introduction 244
2 Workshop format 244
3 Workshop Organizer 244
Architecture-Centric Methods and Agile Approaches 246
1 Overview 246
2 Objectives and Format 246
References 247
3rd International Workshop on Designing Empirical Studies: Assessing the Effectiveness of Agile Methods ( IWDES 2009) 248
1 Introduction 248
2 Goals 249
Telling Your Stories: Why Stories Are Important for Your Team 250
1 WorkshopOverview 250
2 Biography 251
Elements of an Art - Agile Coaching 252
1 Introduction 252
2 Format 252
3 Presenter 253
A Survey on Industrial Software Engineering 254
1 Introduction 254
2 Survey Contents 254
3 Ongoing Data Analysis and Future Work 255
References 255
Modeling Spontaneous Pair Programming When New Developers Join a Team 256
1 Introduction 256
2 Description of the Study and Results 256
References 257
Summary Reporting for a Linked Interaction Design- Scrum Approach: How Much Modeling Is Useful? 259
1 Introduction 259
Software Product Line Engineering Approach for Enhancing Agile Methodologies 261
1 Introduction 261
Acknowledgments 262
References 262
FLEXI Project Management Survey 263
1 Objectives 263
2 Background Material and Questionnaire 263
3 Results 264
References 264
Documentation by Example 265
1 Intelligent Information Extraction 265
2 The Tool in Short 266
3 Implementations 266
4 Audience 266
References 266
Alaska Simulator - A Journey to Planning 267
1 Introduction 267
Reference 268
Using Metric Visualization and Sharing Tool to Drive Agile- Related Practices 269
1 Introduction 269
2 Supported Agile-Practices 270
References 270
ActiveStory Enhanced: Low-Fidelity Prototyping and Wizard of Oz Usability Testing Tool 271
1 Introduction 271
2 ActiveStory Enhanced 272
References 272
FitClipse: A Tool for Executable Acceptance Test Driven Development 273
1 Introduction 273
2 The Executable Acceptance Test Tool 274
References 274
Using Digital Tabletops to Support Distributed Agile Planning Meetings 275
1 Introduction 275
2 Agile Planner for Digital Tabletop (APDT) 276
References 276
The Future of Lean in an Agile World 277
1 Steven Fraser 277
2 Pekka Abrahamsson 278
3 Rachel Davies 278
4 Joshua Kerievsky 279
5 Mary Poppendieck 279
6 Giancarlo Succi 280
What Skills Do We Really Need in Agile Software Development? – Discussion of Industrial Impacts and Challenges 281
1 Summary of the Panel Discussion 281
2 Audience the Panel Discussion 282
3 How the Panel Discussion Will Be Structured and Run? 282
4 Bio of the Panelists 282
5 Past History of the Panel Discussion 284
References 284
Perspectives on Agile Coaching 285
1 Steven Fraser 285
2 Erik Lundh 286
3 Rachel Davies 287
4 Jutta Eckstein 287
5 Diana Larsen 288
6 Kati Vilkki 289
Author Index 291