Abs t r ac t . Software systems need software architectures to improve their scalability and maintenance. However, many agile practitioners claim that the upfront design of software architectures is an investment that does not pay off, since customers can rarely appreciate the value delivered by architectures. Furthermore, conventional architectural practices may be considered unacceptable from...

To study deeply the operating mechanisms and system underlying behavior of agile supply chains, a new method—systems dynamics (SD) is introduced into the analysis of agile supply chain’s behaviors.According to the characteristics of agile supply chain, its operating mechanisms was analysed and the dynamics model of it was established .Then the simulation analysis of systemic behavior of agile s...

Agility is the keyword if one needs to survive in this rapidly changing world, keeping pace and at the same time not loosing balance or control which could result in loss of quality of performance. No wonder agile methods have emerged in the field of software development as well, and they are gaining popularity in academics also. The bunches of agile methods evolved so far are not only able to ...

The Agile Manifesto values “customer collaboration over contract negotiation”. However, in many real projects, Agile practitioners spend considerable time and effort negotiating contracts with customers. We have conducted grounded theory research in India with Agile practitioners. In this paper we present the strategies these practitioners use to overcome the problems of negotiating contracts. ...

This study uses multiple case studies based on Fitzgerald’s framework, known as the Framework for the IS Development Process, to investigate software development teams that use agile methods to provide an understanding of agile practices and impacts on IS development projects. The framework will be extended to enable a better understanding of agile software development methods and practices. A ...

This paper is an empirical investigation of how Agile and Plan-based companies address teamwork. We have performed an investigation interviewing managers of 64 companies, 23 agile (hereafter defined with the term “agile companies”) and 41 non-agile (“plan-based”). The results of the study evidence a quite different approach to teamwork and team organization. Such differences are mainly in the s...

Distributed development is sometimes inevitable and must be dealt with when agile methods become more commonly used. The increased complexities in communication, collaboration, and coordination associated with distributed development coupled with the lack of support for organizational learning in agile practices present challenges to tool developers for agile teams. This paper describes a suite...

We observe that systems developers who have had experience with agile development projects often express their opinion that agile methodologies are superior to plan-driven methodologies. In order to collect empirical evidence to support or discount this belief, we conducted a survey among software developers about software quality and development practices. Our study identified eight quality go...

Agile Development Methodologies have been designed to address the problem of delivering high-quality software on time under constantly and rapidly changing requirements in business and IT environments. Agile development processes are characterized by extensive coding practice, intensive communication between stakeholders, fast iterative cycles, small and flexible teams, and minimal efforts in s...

Industrial-led research in the early nineties, searching for new competitive paradigms, launched today's interest in agile systems with a study centered at Lehigh University. Subsequent research went on to identify metrics, modalities, and engineering principles observed in systems that exhibited high degrees of adaptability in the face of unpredictable demands and requirements. This paper revi...