The paper provides and discusses a life cycle model for agile software development methods like SCRUM. The process model integrates the idea of HumanCentred Design (HCD) into the agile approach. Based on the discussion of existing life cycle models and known process patterns a process model is discussed that combines the advantages of HCD and SCRUM. The SCRUM process model was used in the discu...

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...

The efficiency of Agile software development is directly associated with the decision-making among Agile team members. This article aimed at improving the decision-making process in Agile software development. In order to answer the research questions, we designed a mixed method approach. We identified three categories of challenges and provided related solutions of decision-making process in A...

Agile software development stresses individuals and interaction, customer collaboration, short development cycles and frequent deliveries of valuable software. From the testing and quality assurance viewpoint these principles are challenging, and agile methods seem to lack aspects that traditionally are considered important and fundamental to successful quality assurance. In this paper we ident...

Time-to-market and insufficient initial requirements are two significant challenges that make managing requirements for market-driven software projects different from custom-made software projects. These challenges can be resolved by using agile software development methodologies for market-driven software development as agile methods put emphasis on a dynamic approach for requirement engineeri...

Current Army C2 systems cannot integrate “come as you are” capabilities into operations making it difficult to combine participants into a cohesive force. This paper describes the Agile Planner concept developed by BAEAIT as robust approach for configurable C2 “on the fly”. With an Agile Planner, participants declare their capabilities when they register into the system. Once they do so, an Agi...

It is possible to combine Agile and Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI), but few organizations are doing this in practice. There are many challenges to be overcome, not the least of which is the very different mindsets of adherents of each approach. More importantly, we have a better option available to us in the form of the Disciplined Agile (DA) Framework. The DA process decision fram...

In dynamic and turbulent business environment, the need for success and survival of any organization is the ability of adapting to changes efficiently and cost-effectively. So, for developing software applications, one of the methods is Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) methodology and other is Agile Methodology. Since embracing changes is the indispensable concept of SOA development as well ...

Agility is bringing in responsibility and ownership in individuals, which will eventually bring out effectiveness and efficiency in deliverables. Agile model is growing in the market at very good pace. Companies are drifting from traditional Software Development Life Cycle models to Agile Environment for the purpose of attaining quality and for the sake of saving cost and time. Nimbleness natur...

With the increasing popularity and demand for mobile applications, there has been a significant increase in the number of mobile application development projects. Highly volatile requirements of mobile applications require adaptive software development methods. The Agile approach is seen as a natural fit for mobile application and there is a need to explore various Agile methodologies for the d...