Improving the Management of Cost and Scope in Software Projects Using Agile Practices

Santos, Mariana de Azevedo; Bermejo, Paulo Henrique de Souza; Oliveira, Marcelo Silva de; Tonelli, Adriano Olímpio; Seidel, Enio Júnior

doi:10.5121/ijcsit.2013.5104

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“…Among the different perspectives from which success in software development can be assessed, those that characterize success in software development, in general, are associated with (1) time [9,8,[10][11][12][13]; (2) scope [8,10,12,14]; (3) cost [9,8,[10][11][12]; and (4) quality [9,8,10,11,15,12]. These are considered essential [16].…”

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Agile Principles and Achievement of Success in Software Development: A Quantitative Study in Brazilian Organizations

Bermejo

Zambalde

Tonelli

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Procedia Technology

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The principles of agile development emerge as potential solutions to numerous design problems of software development. In this context, this paper aims to identify and analyze the profile of Brazilian software producers regarding the use of agile principles and their potential to achieve success in producing software. This is a quantitative study made with professionals from the software industry. Data were collected through structured questionnaires and analyzed using technical descriptive analysis, factor analysis and cluster analysis. Based on the categorization of factors, three software organizations profiles have been obtained regarding the use of agile principles and the scope of success in producing software. The implications of this study are that organizations with the highest success rates in software are the same as those that have higher rates for capacity in terms of team, culture, communication with the client, environmental configuration and relationships with external partners. Organizations that used agile software development principles achieved success in software development, but it cannot be said that the use of agile principles alone can guarantee the achievement of such success in software development. Additionally, relationships with external partners, although not contemplated in the related studies investigated, was shown to be a critical factor for success in software development and, therefore, relevant to the agile software development field. In conclusion, this study is relevant because it helps to improve our understanding of the use of agile principles in the development of software and whether these principles are associated with obtaining success in software production; therefore, it explores a new factor that has not been observed previously.

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Section: Success In Software Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Agile Principles and Achievement of Success in Software Development: A Quantitative Study in Brazilian Organizations

Bermejo

Zambalde

Tonelli

et al. 2014

Procedia Technology

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Identifying Agile Practices to Reduce Defects in Medical Device Software Development

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McHugh

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Communications in Computer and Information Science

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An integrated document management system for managing self programme accreditation using scrum approach

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Jaafar

Tahar

et al. 2014

2014 International Symposium on Technology Management and Emerging Technologies

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Handling documents using information technology have been applied in more than decades. It can save paper, speed up communications, save time and increase productivity of work. It is important because there is much valuable information in the form of documents such as books, letters, minutes of meeting, rules and regulations memo that support the programme accreditation process. However, the current practice is still using the traditional file system. This is very challenging for document search process, particularly during the audit process. The major purpose of this paper is to indicate that electronic document management technology can truly support in managing document evidences. This scenario leads towards the development of an integrated document management for academic quality assurance system (iDMQA). iDMQA is certainly useful in reducing the duplication of document evidences that occurs with the current system. Still, this system can be enhanced, especially in terms of tracking the history of document uploads.

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Improving the Management of Cost and Scope in Software Projects Using Agile Practices

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Cited by 4 publications

References 27 publications

Agile Principles and Achievement of Success in Software Development: A Quantitative Study in Brazilian Organizations

Agile Principles and Achievement of Success in Software Development: A Quantitative Study in Brazilian Organizations

Identifying Agile Practices to Reduce Defects in Medical Device Software Development

An integrated document management system for managing self programme accreditation using scrum approach

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