The under representation of women in senior management positions is well recognized globally and locally. Research on the factors affecting women’s career progression has been proceeding continuously over years there a significant literature regarding this issue. Different studies focus similar held responsible for lack progress to across nations societies. In Islamic perspective perception tha...

This paper focuses on the movement from traditional to agile methods. What are the expected benefits of using agile methods instead of traditional ones? The paper compares identified benefits in traditional and agile methods and takes a critical attitude in order to reveal possibilities and risks with the expressed benefits in agile methods. The paper also tries to answer the questions of what ...

Agile project planning plays an important part in agile software development. In distributed settings, project planning is severely impacted by the lack of face-to-face communication and the inability to share paper index cards amongst all meeting participants. To address these issues, several distributed agile planning tools were developed. The tools vary in features, functions and running pla...

1. What is the quality of Agile Software, importantly, how we can evaluate the quality of Agile Software? 2. Can Agile assure the quality under time pressure and with unstable requirements? 3. What are the best ways to assure the quality of Agile Software? 4. Different organizations interpret words like Agile and iterative in different ways. Therefore, another question is how do organizations u...

To deliver any working software at faster rate is the requirement of today’s software industry. Thus, agile methods are emerging as most promising software development processes for the organizations. These methods ensure better customer collaboration, simplicity, changes at any stage with least emphasis on documentation. In this paper, we have suggested a tool ADCT (Agile Data Collection Tool)...

Software testing in agile development is very complex issue in the IT world. Since agile methods do not focus much on testing activities and agile software development does not include testing practices required for a quality project, the process of finding the suitable method for testing, especially for large scale projects is challenging. In this paper, we propose a concept of integrated agil...

Background: Software product lines and Agile methods have been an effective solution for dealing with the growing complexity of software and handling competitive needs of software organizations. They also share common goals, such as improving productivity, reducing time-to-market, decreasing development costs and increasing customer satisfaction. There has been growing interest in whether the i...

As the graying workforce increases and the work patterns of our younger workers are more mobile, knowledge retention, attrition, and transfer become key determinants of the longevity of an organization. This is particularly true in edge organizations, which thrive on adaptability and agility to survive. In order for workforce development and succession planning to be effective in edge organizat...

Managing a software development project is becoming more challenging due to the complexity of requirements and software development processes. This resulted in many software development projects could not be completed successfully. Therefore, to overcome this problem, a project manager who has the skills and knowledge is required. However, the problems can be reduced by adopting agile methodolo...