Research Topics about Agile Methods
Participants: Dave Dorenbos (Motorola Labs) Cyrus Fakharzadeh (USC-CSE) Hasan Kitapci (USC-CSE) David Klappholz (NJ-CSE) Michael Lindvall (Fraunhofer Center) Dan Port (USC-CSE) John D. Powell (Cal Tech, JPL) Bill Riddle (TeraQuest Metrics) Laurie Williams (North Carolina State University)
eWorkshop on project characteristics best suited for agile vs eWorkshop on project characteristics best suited for agile vs. plan-driven methods
eWorkshop on agile methods COTS-based development
eWorkshop on non-functional requirements
Win-win negotiation to feed agile methodology (construct + assess)
Acceptance tests + stories as a substitute for requirements
Experimentation on pair programming vs. inspection
Enhance agile methods to capture tacit knowledge (construct + assess)
Risk profiles for agile projects (experience base, collect + analyze data on projects)
Cost of change/value curve for Agile Methods (industrial case studies with real projects)
eWorkshops on variants/invariants of agile methods (agile manifesto participants)
Minimum architecture/planning – effect on rework, quality (industrial case studies with real data)
Using COCOMO to compare plan-driven and agile approaches to a project
Using COCOMO for cost/effort prediction on Agile methods
TDD for non-functional requirements (testing research)