Software practices in five ASEAN countries

Sison, Raymund; Jarzabek, Stan; Ow, Siew Hock; Rivepiboon, Wanchai; Hai, Nguyen Nam

doi:10.1145/1134285.1134378

Cited by 23 publications

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“…The questionnaire was posted online using Web SurveyMonkey 2 . We received a total of 207 responses, and 88 completed sections B and D, which were therefore included in the factor analysis.…”

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confidence: 99%

Factor Analysis: Investigating Important Aspects for Agile Adoption in Malaysia

2012

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Abstract-This paper focuses on identifying the important aspects of Agile adoption from software practitioners in Malaysia. We analyse 27 Agile adoption variables from a survey of early Agile users in Malaysia. Factor analysis is conducted to identify the clusters of the variables (or items) and how they are inter-related to produce factors. Most of the respondents are from software organisations in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor; in which most of the companies are located in Malaysia. The clusters of variables resulting from this analysis can serve as a reference to the practitioners planning to adopt the methodology. The top factors identified from this study are shown in terms of (i) developer involvement and organisation-related aspects, (ii) cultural and people related aspects and (iii) customer collaboration and the need for professional skills when using Agile methods. In addition, factor analysis discovered that practitioners disagreed about the importance of the technical aspects of Agile. While we believe that these findings are particularly important from the Malaysian perspective, however, they also help add to the body of evidence in the field of software engineering and software process particularly in terms of Agile methods adoption. Moreover, the study also can help adopters from the nearby geographical regions to understand and see the suitability of Agile methods for their organisations.

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Factor Analysis: Investigating Important Aspects for Agile Adoption in Malaysia

2012

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“…South Asia is going to be heaven for outsourcing, but there are not very much published studies' regarding software development constructs [16]. In New Zealand a thorough survey resulted in four studies relating to software development practice in New Zealand, out of these only two was about requirement engineering.…”

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Requirements Engineering in Software Houses of Pakistan

Ali¹,

Rafiq²,

Majeed³

2014

IJMECS

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Abstract-Requirement engineering is an essence of software development life cycle. The more time we spend on requirement engineering, higher the probability of success. Effective requirement engineering ensures and predicts successful software product. This paper presents the adaptation of requirement engineering practices in small and medium size companies of Pakistan. The study is conducted by questionnaires to show how much of requirement engineering models and practices are followed in Pakistan.

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“…In addition, it is the vision of MSC to make Malaysia as a global hub and preferred locations for ICT and multimedia innovations, services and operations [11]. Consequently, looking at the importance of the industry to the growth of the economy and the community as a whole, ICT has become one of the focuses of the 10 th Malaysia plan (2011-2015) 2 . So, the industry should continue to expand over this period.…”

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“…Despite the benefits that Agile can deliver, little work has been published regarding its current usage in the Southeast Asia region particularly in Malaysia [2]. If the methods are to be used, we need to understand how Agile methods are being practiced within this region.…”

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“…However, to get the best out of Agile, it must be adapted to the people and organisation of the adopters. While Agile became mainstream in the development of software in the Western countries (such as Europe, Australia and Northen America), it is not the case in other regions: Southeast Asia region [2] and countries such as Malaysia. For them, Agile is new and some have never heard of the method [5].…”

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Emergence of Agile Methods: Perceptions from Software Practitioners in Malaysia

2012

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Abstract-Agile methods are an established process for developing software nowadays. There is, however, less evidence on their usage among software practitioners in Malaysia. While the methods have become mainstream in other regions, that is not the case in this country. This paper empirically investigates the perceptions of Agile methods usage from seven organisations involving 14 software practitioners in Malaysia. Our participants are using Scrum and have a maximum of five years experience. We categorised our findings in terms of awareness, introduction, and challenges they are facing, together with the suggested and practiced solution from them. Interestingly, a change in mind set when practicing Agile was identified to be helpful in reducing the challenges. Lastly we present the practices in Agile they perceived to deliver the most benefits. We found that the use of Agile is still emerging in the country, and awareness is still lacking especially within the government sector. Although several challenges have been encountered when introducing Agile in their organisations, the benefits of Agile are reported to be in Agile practices such as: the involvement from all parties from the beginning, daily stand-up meeting, iterative and incremental, applying burn down chart, sprint and continuous integration. We aim to provide awareness and knowledge about Agile methods to the practitioners in the country and the nearby region. This paper can serve as a reference to the early adopters who intend to use Agile methods in the future.

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Software practices in five ASEAN countries

Cited by 23 publications

References 7 publications

Factor Analysis: Investigating Important Aspects for Agile Adoption in Malaysia

Factor Analysis: Investigating Important Aspects for Agile Adoption in Malaysia

Requirements Engineering in Software Houses of Pakistan

Emergence of Agile Methods: Perceptions from Software Practitioners in Malaysia

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