Agile Principles in the Embedded System Development

Kaisti, Matti; Mujunen, Tapio; Mäkilä, Tuomas; Rantala, Ville; Lehtonen, Teijo

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-06862-6_2

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“…Currently, and due to many successful accounts [18,19] agile methods have become attractive to a broad variety of companies, including companies involved in large-scale development of embedded systems, and there are attempts such as Industrial XP and Scrum of Scrums aiming at scaling agile methods [20]. However, with characteristics such as hardware-software interdependencies, heavy compliance to standards and regulations, and limited flexibility due to real-time functionality [21], development of embedded systems challenges the traditional concept of agile practices.…”

Section: Agile Software Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Industrial Challenges of Scaling Agile in Mass-Produced Embedded Systems

Eklund

Olsson

Strøm

2014

Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing

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When individual teams in mechatronic organizations attempt to adopt agile software practices, these practices tend to only affect modules or sub-systems. The short iterations on team level do not lead to short lead-times in launching new or updated products since the overall R&D approach on an organization level is still governed by an overall stage gate or single cycle V-model. This paper identifies challenges for future research on how to combine the predictability and planning desired of mechanical manufacturing with the dynamic capabilities of modern agile software development. Scaling agile in this context requires an expansion in two dimensions: First, scaling the number of involved teams. Second, traversing necessary systems engineering activities in each sprint due to the co-dependency of software and hardware development.

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Section: Agile Software Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Industrial Challenges of Scaling Agile in Mass-Produced Embedded Systems

Eklund

Olsson

Strøm

2014

Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing

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“…Sprint backlog refers to the estimation that how many hours each task will take to be completed. The product backlog is measured by relative story points whereas the sprint backlog is measured by hours [10,11]. For the priority of these user stories, a sprint meeting was conducted to finalize the stories.…”

Section: Agile Scrum Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

A software-based cost estimation technique in scrum using a developer's expertise

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Khalid²,

Ercan³

et al. 2022

Advances in Engineering Software

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“…The core ideas of agile development can be maintained in embedded system development, e.g., by building frequent prototypes of hardware, investing in modular designs and using simulations [33].…”

Section: Embedded System Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Can embedded space system development benefit from agile practices?

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We study in this work piloting agile practices in embedded space system development projects. The case involves three companies acting as last or next to last subcontractors in a space project. Initial interviews and a subsequent survey revealed challenges that embedded space system development poses to the agile software development. These include high specialization and emphasis on individual performance, formal customer interface requiring extensive documentation, and the management of several simultaneous projects. Iterative way of working is characteristic to agile systems development, but novel to the examined project teams. We observed that it enhanced team collaboration through planning and reviewing the work together and in transferring emphasis from the individuals to the team. Resource allocation between projects was taken properly into account when planning the iteration, or when cancelling an iteration for the project. Furthermore, the customer interface was tackled better by utilizing backlogs. According to the end survey and interviews, the main benefits of the agile practices were better communication and knowledge sharing inside the team, enhanced teamwork, and setting the pace for the sometimes slowly proceeding embedded space system development. Also documentation, while it barely changed, was seen more adequate in two of the cases. Overall, the teams felt that they were given a better possibility to affect their ways of working. The case study results show that agile practices can be applied to embedded space system development with notable benefits.

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Agile Principles in the Embedded System Development

Cited by 29 publications

References 9 publications

Industrial Challenges of Scaling Agile in Mass-Produced Embedded Systems

Industrial Challenges of Scaling Agile in Mass-Produced Embedded Systems

A software-based cost estimation technique in scrum using a developer's expertise

Can embedded space system development benefit from agile practices?

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