An Appraisal of Existing Evaluation Frameworks for Agile Methodologies

Taromirad, Masoumeh; Ramsin, Raman

doi:10.1109/ecbs.2008.32

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“…CEFAM addresses the shortcomings commonly encountered in existing frameworks and strives to comply with the metacriteria defined in [1]. The following are the primary objectives of CEFAM:…”

Section: Proposed Evaluation Framework: Cefammentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We provide a brief overview of these frameworks in this section. The interested reader is referred to [1] for an in-depth analysis.…”

Section: Background and Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The meta-criteria were applied to several existing evaluation frameworks, showing that they are lacking in several aspects, especially as to comprehensiveness [1]. One important deficiency unearthed was that most of the frameworks evaluated do not adequately address agility issues in their criteria.…”

Section: Background and Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Previous studies have shown that existing evaluation frameworks do not satisfy existing requirements and challenges [1]. Hence, the aim of this paper is to introduce a comprehensive evaluation framework for agile methodologies that addresses the requirements of such frameworks.…”

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CEFAM: Comprehensive Evaluation Framework for Agile Methodologies

Taromirad

Ramsin

2008

2008 32nd Annual IEEE Software Engineering Workshop

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Agile Software Development is regarded as an effective and efficient approach, mainly due to its ability to accommodate rapidly changing requirements, and to cope with modern software development challenges. There is therefore a strong tendency to use agile software development methodologies where applicable; however, the sheer number of existing agile methodologies and their variants hinders the selection of an appropriate agile methodology or method chunk. Methodology evaluation tools address this problem through providing detailed evaluations, yet no comprehensive evaluation framework is available for agile methodologies. We introduce the Comprehensive Evaluation Framework for Agile Methodologies (CEFAM) as an evaluation tool for project managers and method engineers. The hierarchical (and mostly quantitative) evaluation criterion set introduced in this evaluation framework enhances the usability of the framework and provides results that are precise enough to be useful for the selection, adaptation and construction of agile methodologies.

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“…CEFAM addresses the shortcomings commonly encountered in existing frameworks and strives to comply with the metacriteria defined in [1]. The following are the primary objectives of CEFAM:…”

Section: Proposed Evaluation Framework: Cefammentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We provide a brief overview of these frameworks in this section. The interested reader is referred to [1] for an in-depth analysis.…”

Section: Background and Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Background and Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 96%

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CEFAM: Comprehensive Evaluation Framework for Agile Methodologies

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Ramsin

2008

2008 32nd Annual IEEE Software Engineering Workshop

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“…It must be demonstrated that the proposed criterion set is detailed and comprehensive enough to reveal the strengths and weakness of methodologies. Therefore, the extracted criteria were evaluated by applying the set of meta-criteria proposed in [18]): comprehensiveness, accuracy, simplicity, consistency, minimal overlap, generality, and balance. To ensure the satisfaction of these meta-criteria, we have applied an iterative elicitation-evaluation process for identifying the QC [19].…”

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Methodologies for Model-Driven Development of Adaptive Web Applications: An Analytical Survey

Fadavi

Ramsin²

2016

JSW

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Due to the rapid expansion of web applications, the information and services provided on the web have proliferated, leading to ever-increasing complexity. This has not only resulted in the utmost significance of information quality and accuracy on the web, but has also necessitated that access to information be improved. Hence, adaptive web systems have emerged, which focus on adapting web content, presentation, and navigation to meet the needs of the users according to their individual circumstances and preferences. In this field, focus has gradually shifted from creation of new adaptive techniques to solving the problems of analysis and design of adaptive applications; in other words, it has become important to handle the dynamism of the runtime environment and the complexity involved in developing these applications. Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) is considered a promising approach for overcoming these problems, mainly due to its modeling features: Models are created at different levels of abstraction (thus enhancing complexity management), and the process can potentially be automated through the use of transformation rules. We provide a review of several prominent methodologies that utilize MDE for developing adaptive web applications, and propose a criteria-based evaluation approach that highlights their strengths and weaknesses. Evaluation results can be used for comparing and selecting methodologies for use in web development projects; they can also be used for constructing a new methodology that exploits the strengths and addresses the shortcomings of existing methodologies.

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Using agile methods for the development of green and sustainable software: Success factors for GSD vendors

Rashid

Khan

2017

J Software Evolu Process

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Over the last decade, the use of agile methods has grown dramatically for software development.Agile methods guarantee to accelerate the delivery of remarkable software with increased user satisfaction and reduced cost. However, in recent years, due to the emergence of green software engineering, software developers are compelled to focus more on green and sustainable aspects of software. Green software engineering aims to design, develop, and use the software with confined energy and computing resources. Recently, software engineers in global software development have adapted agile methods for quick, interactive, and environment-friendly software development.In this study, we have identified 16 success factors, through systematic literature review (SLR) and applied contrived search criteria derived from the research questions; 80 relevant papers were identified and reviewed. Findings of the SLR study were then empirically validated through questionnaire survey in global software development industry, in which 106 experts from 25 different countries participated.The findings of our industrial survey are mostly in coherence with the SLR findings. However, there is a difference in ranks of the various success factors across the 2 data sets (SLR and industrial survey). KEYWORDSagile software development, empirical study, green and sustainable software, GSD vendor, success factors, systematic literature review (SLR) | INRODUCTIONAgile software development is an invigorating approach towards quick and interactive software development. It provides a conceptual framework for undertaking a software project that is colocated or globally distributed. Unlike traditional methods of software development, agile methods attempt to scale down the risks and maximize software productivity by developing software in short iterations. 1,2 These methods rely on team members' skills and informal communication rather than formal and hefty documentations. 3 Thus, agile methods pursue to avoid overwhelming processes, having little contribution in actual software development.Agile methods are strongly linked to the history of incremental and iterative development. The concept of agile methods were coined in 2001 4 by a group of agile software developers, interested in modern, simple incremental and iterative development methods, who constituted the Agile Alliance (http://www.agilealliance.org). The establishment of the Agile Alliance provided a base for the formal publications of the agile manifesto that contributed agile methods to software engineering domain. The agile manifesto brought an industry-led vision for a reflective change in software engineering paradigm. These methods focus on customer satisfaction through early and consistent delivery of quality software, promotion of sustainable development, simple and polymorphic design, flexibility towards change, and rich communication and collaborations among the agile team members and customers. 5,6 The agile manifesto represents a quite innovative work in cleaving and outspreading ...

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An Appraisal of Existing Evaluation Frameworks for Agile Methodologies

Cited by 21 publications

References 7 publications

CEFAM: Comprehensive Evaluation Framework for Agile Methodologies

CEFAM: Comprehensive Evaluation Framework for Agile Methodologies

Methodologies for Model-Driven Development of Adaptive Web Applications: An Analytical Survey

Using agile methods for the development of green and sustainable software: Success factors for GSD vendors

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