Projects, Assignments, and other Assessments

Which of the following are Agile Programming approaches? Advanced System Prototyping XP XT Adaptive Software Development Huddle Scrum

As groups, develop examples of software development Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan When might the other be valuable? Why? Which do you prefer? Why? How would you explain these in your own words? For each of the values, provide at least one example illustrating it.

As a team, put the 13 principles in order by priority Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software. Welcome changing requirements, even late in development Deliver working software frequently Businesspeople and developers must work together daily throughout the project Build projects around motivated individuals. Given the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done. The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation Working software is the primary measure of progress Agile processes promote sustainable development The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely (Not in all lists) Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility Simplicity – the art of maximizing the amount of work not done – is essential The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self organizing teams At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjust its behavior accordingly. Can you discard one? If you were going to add a principle, what would it be?

As a team, list the five most important reasons to use agile methods

As a team, list the five most important reasons NOT to use agile methods

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A Class Project: Putting the Agile principles and practices in context Consider the Agile Manifesto, principles and practices. What are the Disciplined principles and practices? How do you personally weight these items? How do you think companies weight them? Consider three groups: developers, companies, and users. Why would these principles or practices be important to them? What do they want?

As a team, discuss how the agile values and practices help with these problems Requirements are not clearly communicated Requirements do not solve the business problem Requirements change prior to the completion of the project Software (code) has not been tested Software has not been tested as the user will use it Software developed so that it is difficult to modify Software used for functions for which it was not intended Projects not staffed with resources required Schedule and scope commitments made before understanding requirements or technical risks Lindstrom and Jeffries (2004)

Paper Write a paper examining Reasons projects fail How agile development addresses this Other benefits and drawbacks to using agile development

Project Develop a plan for introducing agile development methods in an industrial setting Include publicity, training, changes in organizational processes and procedures, and any other impacts Provide a business case supporting this change

Project Design a research plan to investigate some aspect of agile development What is your hypothesis? What will you measure and how? What do you expect to learn? Where would you publish your results?