Collaborative Environment and Agile Development

Abstract

Over time, information and communications technology development has made a direct impact on human activity in the individual context as well as familial, economic and social. This has laid the premise for adoption of new and modern paradigms in individual and organizational activity management. The evolutionary climax of the social universe is called nowadays knowledge society. The knowledge society succeeds the information society, emphasizing the development of the opportunities brought by collaborative work environment and agile approach. In this paper we will highlight the use of collaborative environment in agile software development, as an instrument for managing organizations in knowledge society. Thus, we will emphasize the paradigms of agile testing, validation and verification in collaborative environment.

Comparison of Different Agile Methodologies and Fit Assessment in an Industrial Context.

“…Given the characteristics, artefacts, routines and rules required by each of them, and given the specific project and organization context, some of them may be applicable, and some others not. Some may provide good results while others may be struggling to adopt [14], [18], [17], [21], [5], [9], [13], [16], [10], [2], [12], [20], [4]. This means that the adoption of each of them must be considered carefully, and that some guidance about how to evaluate this aspect is required.…”

“…It results in two different versions of the same product, in the end, that the Systems Engineer (or Product Architect) integrates [14]. That adaptation was piloted to override the criticalities of verification and testing activities faced by development projects highlighted by Ghilic-Micu et al [9] and Ivan et al [10] studies, such as the overall length of activities, the number of effectively executable tests and the experience of testers and human factor in general.…”