COST MODELING AND ESTIMATION IN AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS USING INFLUENCE DIAGRAMS
Software development according to agile principles seeks to promote adaptive processes, teamwork and collaboration throughout the life-cycle of a project. In contrast, traditional software development focuses on the various phases and activities of the life-cycle while seeking for repeatable, predictable processes to maximize productivity and quality. Additionally, project management in conventional development processes aims to plan and predict the future, whereas in agile development environments, aims to adapt according to any future change. In this paper we investigate, through modeling with Influence Diagrams, the benefit of switching from traditional software development to agile in terms of productivity, expected value and cost. Additionally, we examine how software costs might differentiate if traditional or agile development methodologies are followed. We explore the factors that contribute in successful software development and draw our main conclusions through hypothetical and real case scenarios recorded in agile surveys on Information Technology practices. One of our main conclusions includes verification of the need for a skillful manager and small development team to lead to successful agile projects.
Agile software development Productivity Project management Influence diagrams
Efi Papatheocharous Despoina Trikomitou Pantelis Stylianos Yiasemis Andreas S. Andreou
Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus 75 Kallipoleos Street, P.O. Box 20537, CY1678 N Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, Cyprus University of Technology 3
国际会议
13th International Conference on Enterprise Information System(第13届企业信息系统国际会议 ICEIS 2011)
北京
英文
190-200
2011-06-08（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）