Adaption of Agile Development Technique Chak Chi Sio 4/21/2010

Current Approach Students make their own team. Roles are assigned and then student do things seperately and concurrently Pros –Fast

Current Process Shortfalls Lack of cooperating techniques No flow of knowledge among team members Assumes too much on one’s capability

Two Possible Solution Pair Programming Co-locating developers Both of these are agile development techniques

Technique 1 – Pair Programming

Pros and Cons of Pair Programming Cons –15% Slower –conflicts Pros –15% fewer defects –Indirectly reduce cost. –Better design –Enhances technical skills –Improves team communications

Technique 2 – Co-locating developers Cons –Hard to coordinate, doesn’t work well in a large team that have more than 10 people Pros –Faster to get your questions answered –higher flow of knowledge among the team –Potentially lower learning curve of new development framework, or tools

How to Adapt? Partially integrate these techiques Coding session Pair programing session Not limited to coding, it works with documentation as well

Reference Williams, Laurie, “Integrating Pair Programming into a Software Development Process” 2001 Williams, Laurie, “The Costs and Benefits of Pair Programming”