NAME Network for Agile Methodologies Experience Giancarlo Succi Center for Applied Software Engineering Free University of Bolzano-Bozen Workshop on Component Based Development Larnaca, Cyprus, 25 th September 2003

Cyprus, 25 th September 2003 Giancarlo Succi 2 NAME: Network of Agile Methodologies Experience A rigorous evaluation of AMs and their value in software development will provide a clear framework for planning future software development projects If being an agile business is vital for success in a dynamic economy then the systems support for the business must also be of an agile nature The question is: –do agile methodologies deliver this? We have put together a research roadmap and an experience framework

Cyprus, 25 th September 2003 Giancarlo Succi 3 Methodology Creation a research roadmap Creation of a common experience framework Creation of a stronger network

Cyprus, 25 th September 2003 Giancarlo Succi 4 Creation of a Road Map The research Roadmap has been created, divulgated and reviewed by all the partners, by the European committee and by some gurus of the “Agile World”

Cyprus, 25 th September 2003 Giancarlo Succi 5 Dissemination of the Research Roadmap Presentation of the research roadmap in the major conferences and workshops Submission of the research road to a suitable journal

Cyprus, 25 th September 2003 Giancarlo Succi 6 Creation of a common experience framework On the base of the analysis on XP and AMs made in the previous action line, a set of common rules to describe experiences have been outlined A draft version of the experience framework has been circulated within the network nodes partners

Cyprus, 25 th September 2003 Giancarlo Succi 7 Creation of a stronger network On the basis of the identified common research topics and experience framework, a more ambitious network will be built and then proposed at the beginning of the 6th framework This is likely to be a very challenging project that will be focused also on data acquisition, arrangement and publishing on the web

Cyprus, 25 th September 2003 Giancarlo Succi 8 How to get the objectives The objectives have been pursuing putting together critical mass from the Academia and the Industry, placing specific attention also to the world of consultants, who have been among the early promoters of XP and AMs

Cyprus, 25 th September 2003 Giancarlo Succi 9 Instruments 1/3 Workshops and e-workshops: –to identifying core areas for future research and the key elements for the experience framework. –to review deliverables with all the associated partners –to plan next actions Interaction with existing EU network projects Reports available through the web

Cyprus, 25 th September 2003 Giancarlo Succi 10 Instruments 2/3 Interaction with existing EU network projects: ESERNET CBSE-net: linked to NAME web sitehttp://

Cyprus, 25 th September 2003 Giancarlo Succi 11 Instruments 3/3 Reports and deliverables available through the web: –to ensure the maximum exposure and fallback of the results of the project Preparation of submissions to FP6 –Network (Michele Marchesi) –STREP (Giancarlo Succi)

Cyprus, 25 th September 2003 Giancarlo Succi 12 NAME – “Agile Octopus” – level 1

Cyprus, 25 th September 2003 Giancarlo Succi 13 NAME – “Agile Octopus” – level 2

Cyprus, 25 th September 2003 Giancarlo Succi 14 NAME – “Agile Octopus” – level 3

Cyprus, 25 th September 2003 Giancarlo Succi 15 Node Partners Free University of Bolzano-Bozen Stichting Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica Universidad Politècnica de Valencia Technische Universität München Università degli Studi di Cagliari University of Sheffield Datasiel