Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming - 10th International Conference, XP 2009, Pula, Sardinia, Italy, May 25-29, 2009, Proceedings

Preface

Organization

Conference Chairs

Program Committee

Table of Contents

What They Dont Teach You about Software at School: Be Smart!

1 What Does It Mean to Be Smart?

2 What They Don’t Teach You at Institutes of Technology

3 Smart Cases

4 Final Words

Keynote: Beyond Budgeting in a Lean and Agile World

1 Introduction

2 Beyond Budgeting: The New Mindset

3 Beyond Budgeting: Leadership Principles

4 Way to the Future

References

Developing a Test Automation Framework for Agile Development and Testing

1 Introduction

2 NTAF

3 Conclusion

References

Long-Term Effects of Test-Driven Development A Case Study

1 Introduction

2 Related Work

3 Research Design

4 Empirical Results

5 Discussion

6 Conclusion

References

Communicating Domain Knowledge in Executable Acceptance Test Driven Development

1 Introduction

2 Related Work

3 Research Approach

4 The PAS Project

5 Observation

6 Discussion

7 Threats to Validity

8 Conclusion

References

An Empirical Study on the TDD Conformance of Novice and Expert Pair Programmers

1 Introduction

2 Related Work

3 Data Collection

4 Analysis and Results

5 Conclusion

References

An Exploratory Study of Developers’ Toolbox in an Agile Team

1 Introduction

2 Related Work

3 Research Settings

4 Results

5 Discussion

6 Conclusions and Future Work

References

Balancing Individual and Collaborative Work in Agile Teams

1 Introduction

2 Collaborative and Individual Work

3 Research Method

4 FedEx Day and Agile Development at Atlassian

5 Discussion

6 Conclusion

References

Organizational Enablers for Agile Adoption: Learning from GameDevCo

1 Introduction

2 Case Context

3 Stakeholder Alignment

4 Employee Empowerment

5 Group and Organizational Learning

6 Systems of Governance

7 Discussion

Acknowledgement

References

Migrating Defect Management from Waterfall to Agile Software Development in a Large- Scale Multi- site Organization: A Case Study

1 Introduction

2 Background

3 Research Setup

4 Empirical Results

5 Discussion

6 Conclusions

References

Perceptive Agile Measurement: New Instruments for Quantitative Studies in the Pursuit of the Social- Psychological Effect of Agile Practices

1 Introduction

2 Theoretical Framework

3 Method

4 Results

5 Discussion

References

Appendix: Perceptive Agile Measurement (PAM) Scales

A Survey of Perceptions on Knowledge Management Schools in Agile and Traditional Software Development Environments

1 Introduction

2 Knowledge Management and Agile Development

3 Research Method

4 Results

5 Conclusion and Further Work

References

Empowering Students and the Community through Agile Software Development Service- Learning

1 Introduction

2 Implementing Service-Learning in the Software Engineering Course

3 Outcomes

4 Lessons Learned

References

Putting Agile Teamwork to the Test – An Preliminary Instrument for Empirically Assessing and Improving Agile Software Development

1 Introduction

2 Research on Teamwork

3 An Instrument for Assessing and Improving Teamwork

4 Empirical Testing

5 Conclusion and Further Work

Acknowledgment

References

Agile Software Development and CMMI: What We Do Not Know about Dancing with Elephants

1 Introduction

2 Agile Methodologies

3 Capability Maturity Model Integration

4 Agile and CMMI: What Do We Know?

5 Agile and CMMI: What We Do Not Know?

6 Conclusion

References

Is ISO/IEC 15504 Applicable to Agile Methods?

1 Introduction

2 ISO/IEC 15504: Key Concepts

3 The Perception of SPICE: Myths and Truth

4 Agile vs. SPICE: Theory and Practice

5 Final Discussion and Conclusions

Acknowledgements

References

Lesson Learnt from an Agile Implementation Project

1 Introduction

2 Literature Review

3 Research Methods

4 Findings

5 Discussion

6 Conclusions

References

A Study of Risk Management in DSDM

1 Introduction

2 Theoretical Foundations

3 Research Methodology

4 Findings and Analysis

5 Conclusions and Further Research

References

A Storytest-Driven Approach to the Migration of Legacy Systems

1 Introduction

2 Storytest-Driven Migration

3 A First Experience with the STDM Process

4 Discussion and Conclusions

References

XP Practices: A Successful Tool for Increasing and Transferring Practical Knowledge in Short- Life Software Development Projects

1 Knowledge Transfer and XP Adoption in the Industry

2 XP Practices Implementation in a Newly Created Smart Cards Entity

3 Conclusion

References

Distributed Agile Development: A Case Study of Customer Communication Challenges

1 Introduction

2 Related Literature

3 Research Design

4 Analysis and Results of the Case Study

5 Conclusions and Limitations

References

Customer and User Involvement in Agile Software Development

1 Introduction

2 Research Method

3 The Case Setting: The OMS Project

4 An Analysis of the OMS Project

5 Discussion and Conclusion

References

Integration of Extreme Programming andUser-Centered Design: Lessons Learned

1 Introduction

2 Related Work

3 TheProjectContext

4 Retrospective Workshop

5 Discussion and Conclusion

References

Optimizing Agile Processes by Early Identification of Hidden Requirements

1 Introduction

2 Background and Related Work

3 Elements in Early Identification of Hidden Requirements

4 Case of Study

5 Conclusions and Future Work

References

Negotiating Contracts for Agile Projects: A Practical Perspective

1 Introduction

2 Research Background

3 Data Analysis Results

4 Related Work

5 Conclusion

References

The Lego Lean Game

1 Introduction

2 Structure

3 Expected Outcomes

References

Agile Process Smells and Root Cause Analysis

1 Introduction

2 Process Smells

3 Root Cause Analysis

Reference

Agile in Large-Scale Development Workshop: Coaching, Transitioning and Practicing

1 Overview

2 Workshop Format

3 Participants

4 About the Organizers

References

What Does an Agile Coach Do?

1 Workshop Summary

2 Content and Process

3 Workshop Organizers

Workshop - Mechanics of Good - Creating Well Functioning Distributed Teams

1 Introduction

2 “Goldtaking” – New Workshop Technique

Test-Driven User Interfaces

1 Audience, Benefits and Outcomes

2 Workshop Organization

3 Organizer

4 Prior Presentations

The New New NEW! Product Development Game

1 Summary

2 Audience

3 Process and Timetable

4 Presenters

Positioning Agility

1 Description

2 Workshop Outline

3 About the Session Organizers

Scrum Board Game

1 Workshop Overview

2 Workshop Goals

3 Intended Audience

4 Workshop Organizers

XP2009 Workshop: Climbing the Dreyfus Ladder of Agile Practices

1 Synopsis

2 Who Should Attend?

3 Presenter's Background

4 Workshop History

Software “Best” Practices: Agile Deconstructed

1 Workshop Theme

2 Workshop Methodology and Anticipated Attendee Profile

3 Workshop Convener and Facilitator

XP Workshop on Agile Product Line Engineering

1 Introduction

2 Participation

3 Organization

Reference

Test Driven Development: Performing Art

1 Background

2 Workshop Mechanics

3 Performer Selection

4 Expected Workshop Outcomes

5 Presenter Bio

References

Business Value Game

1 Introduction

2 Playing with Business Value

3 The Length of Workshop and Planned Number of Participants

4 The Intended Audience and Expected Benefits of Attendance

Where Agile Research Meets Industry Needs: Starting from a 10- Year Retrospective

1 Summary

2 Audience and Benefits

3 Overview of the Process

4 Bios of Organizers

Continuous Integration – How Do You Know That Your Application Still Works?

1 Intended Audience

2 Learning Outcomes

3 Process/Mechanics

4 Presenter

Executable Requirements in Practice

1 Overview

2 Simulation

3 About the Session Organizers

References

Product Owners Jamboree

Explaining the Obvious – How Do You Teach Agile?

1 Introduction

2 Workshop format

3 Workshop Organizer

Architecture-Centric Methods and Agile Approaches

1 Overview

2 Objectives and Format

References

3rd International Workshop on Designing Empirical Studies: Assessing the Effectiveness of Agile Methods ( IWDES 2009)

1 Introduction

2 Goals

Telling Your Stories: Why Stories Are Important for Your Team

1 WorkshopOverview

2 Biography

Elements of an Art - Agile Coaching

1 Introduction

2 Format

3 Presenter

A Survey on Industrial Software Engineering

1 Introduction

2 Survey Contents

3 Ongoing Data Analysis and Future Work

References

Modeling Spontaneous Pair Programming When New Developers Join a Team

1 Introduction

2 Description of the Study and Results

References

Summary Reporting for a Linked Interaction Design- Scrum Approach: How Much Modeling Is Useful?

1 Introduction

Software Product Line Engineering Approach for Enhancing Agile Methodologies

1 Introduction

Acknowledgments

References

FLEXI Project Management Survey

1 Objectives

2 Background Material and Questionnaire

3 Results

References

Documentation by Example

1 Intelligent Information Extraction

2 The Tool in Short

3 Implementations

4 Audience

References

Alaska Simulator - A Journey to Planning

1 Introduction

Reference

Using Metric Visualization and Sharing Tool to Drive Agile- Related Practices

1 Introduction

2 Supported Agile-Practices

References

ActiveStory Enhanced: Low-Fidelity Prototyping and Wizard of Oz Usability Testing Tool

1 Introduction

2 ActiveStory Enhanced

References

FitClipse: A Tool for Executable Acceptance Test Driven Development

1 Introduction

2 The Executable Acceptance Test Tool

References

Using Digital Tabletops to Support Distributed Agile Planning Meetings

1 Introduction

2 Agile Planner for Digital Tabletop (APDT)

References

The Future of Lean in an Agile World

1 Steven Fraser

2 Pekka Abrahamsson

3 Rachel Davies

4 Joshua Kerievsky

5 Mary Poppendieck

6 Giancarlo Succi

What Skills Do We Really Need in Agile Software Development? – Discussion of Industrial Impacts and Challenges

1 Summary of the Panel Discussion

2 Audience the Panel Discussion

3 How the Panel Discussion Will Be Structured and Run?

4 Bio of the Panelists

5 Past History of the Panel Discussion

References

Perspectives on Agile Coaching

1 Steven Fraser

2 Erik Lundh

3 Rachel Davies

4 Jutta Eckstein

5 Diana Larsen

6 Kati Vilkki

Author Index