An Investigation into Agile Methods in Embedded Systems Development

Albuquerque, Caroline Oliveira; Antonino, Pablo Oliveira; Nakagawa, Elisa Yumi

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-31137-6_44

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“…The experiences of doing this are generally positive according to two literature studies by [3] and [24].…”

Section: Agile Development Of Embedded Softwarementioning

confidence: 98%

“…In response to this, agile methods advocating flexibility, efficiency and speed are seen as an increasingly attractive solution [2], and highly relevant also in the embedded Systems domain [3]. Typically, agile methods emphasize the use of short iterations and incremental development of small features, with the intention to increases the ability for companies to accommodate fast changing customer requirements as well as turbulent and fluctuating market needs [2,4].…”

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confidence: 99%

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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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“…The experiences of doing this are generally positive according to two literature studies by [3] and [24].…”

Section: Agile Development Of Embedded Softwarementioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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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“…In addition to these, there are also some that focus on specific agile methods, such as on the most common one, Scrum [7]. Some of these reviews also try to focus on a specific domain, such as embedded systems ( [3] and [26]). …”

Section: Previous Reviewsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Most of these published reviews focus on agile methods such as [3], [9], [12], [21], and [26]. In addition to these, there are also some that focus on specific agile methods, such as on the most common one, Scrum [7].…”

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confidence: 99%

Agile practices in practice

Diebold

Dahlem

2014

Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering

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Background: Agile software development has been increasingly adopted during the last two decades. Nonetheless, many studies show that using agile methods as defined in the literature does not work very well. Thus, companies adapt these methods by just using parts of them (called agile practices). Objective: The goal of the literature study was to understand which agile practices are used in industry under different circumstances, such as different project types, domains, or processes. Method: We conducted a mapping study of empirical studies using agile practices in industry. The search strategy identified 1110 studies, of which 24 studies including 68 projects were analyzed. Results: The results of this study show that there are practices that are used more often and that the domain and the process also influence the application of different practices. Additionally, the findings confirm the assumption of Ken Schwaber that in most cases, agile methods are not used "completely" but that rather certain practices are adopted. Conclusions: Our results can be used by researchers to get a better idea of where and how to follow up research as well as by practitioners to get a better idea of which practices fit their needs and which are used by others. Therefore, our contribution increases the body of knowledge in agile practices usage.

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“…There are examples of some companies successfully introducing agile practices at the team level, typically characterized by individual teams defining their own ways-of-working to facilitate speed, short iterations, and delivery quality when developing their components. The experiences thereof are generally positive according to two literature reviews by [11] and [12]. There are also some publications stating that a third of German and American automotive development teams using agile practices reported in a commercial survey [13].…”

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Expectations and Challenges from Scaling Agile in Mechatronics-Driven Companies – A Comparative Case Study

Berger

Eklund

2015

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Abstract. Agile software development is increasingly adopted by companies evolving and maintaining software products to support better planning and tracking the realization of user stories and features. While convincing success stories help to further spread the adoption of Agile, mechatronics-driven companies need guidance to implement Agile for non-software teams. In this comparative case study of three companies from the Nordic region, we systematically investigate expectations and challenges from scaling Agile in organizations dealing with mechatronics development by conducting on-site workshops and surveys. Our findings show that all companies have already successfully implemented Agile in their software teams. The expected main benefit of successfully scaling agile development is a faster time-to-market product development; however, the two main challenges are: (a) An inflexible test environment that inhibits fast feedback to changed or added features, and (b) the existing organizational structure including the company's mind-set that needs to be opened-up for agile principles.

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An Investigation into Agile Methods in Embedded Systems Development

Cited by 29 publications

References 20 publications

Industrial Challenges of Scaling Agile in Mass-Produced Embedded Systems

Industrial Challenges of Scaling Agile in Mass-Produced Embedded Systems

Agile practices in practice

Expectations and Challenges from Scaling Agile in Mechatronics-Driven Companies – A Comparative Case Study

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