This paper focuses on the movement from traditional to agile methods. What are the expected benefits of using agile methods instead of traditional ones? The paper compares identified benefits in traditional and agile methods and takes a critical attitude in order to reveal possibilities and risks with the expressed benefits in agile methods. The paper also tries to answer the questions of what ...

1. What is the quality of Agile Software, importantly, how we can evaluate the quality of Agile Software? 2. Can Agile assure the quality under time pressure and with unstable requirements? 3. What are the best ways to assure the quality of Agile Software? 4. Different organizations interpret words like Agile and iterative in different ways. Therefore, another question is how do organizations u...

Software testing in agile development is very complex issue in the IT world. Since agile methods do not focus much on testing activities and agile software development does not include testing practices required for a quality project, the process of finding the suitable method for testing, especially for large scale projects is challenging. In this paper, we propose a concept of integrated agil...

Background: Software product lines and Agile methods have been an effective solution for dealing with the growing complexity of software and handling competitive needs of software organizations. They also share common goals, such as improving productivity, reducing time-to-market, decreasing development costs and increasing customer satisfaction. There has been growing interest in whether the i...

Managing a software development project is becoming more challenging due to the complexity of requirements and software development processes. This resulted in many software development projects could not be completed successfully. Therefore, to overcome this problem, a project manager who has the skills and knowledge is required. However, the problems can be reduced by adopting agile methodolo...

Despite the importance of the agile methods and the acknowledgement that they do contribute to the software quality and client satisfaction, little is known about what factors, habits or tools usage have high impact on the product quality. It has been observed that agile practitioners have a different posture towards the development process they use. This paper goal is to report an analysis of ...

<span>Many software companies and teams use Agile methods as their main development approach. These promise higher team productivity, faster product delivery, a more flexible process, greater customer satisfaction. Nevertheless, review of the literature shows that adapting to these methods, known transition, is not easy expected. However, several frameworks models have been proposed facil...

Welcome to the 2 nd Workshop on Managing the Client Value Creation Process in Agile Projects (VALOIR) at the PROFES 2012 conference! The overall goal of VALOIR is to make the knowledge on value creation and management explicit, encouraging the discussion on the use of measurement and estimation approaches in managing value in agile project. Agile methodologists tacitly assume that for SE profes...

Agile methods are highly attractive for small projects, but no agile method works well as a standalone system. Therefore, some adaption or customization is always required. In this paper, the Agile Framework for Small Projects (AFSP) was applied to four industry cases. The AFSP provides a structured way for software organizations to adopt agile practices and evaluate the results. The framework ...