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Enterprise architecture supports a holistic approach used to optimize various activities of a company. Software development companies frequently use a popular agile approach, and the most popular agile methodology is Scrum. A sprint retrospective is a Scrum process which is supposed to enable self-development and improve communication among team members. Unfortunately, the reality is usually different...
Software architecture has many definitions. One widely accepted definition of software architecture is that it is a composition of a set of architectural design decisions. Hence, designing a software architecture is a decision-making process. Agile methods drastically changed the way of designing a software architecture. In projects using agile methods (e.g. Scrum), making architectural design decisions...
Although traceability information is vital to many software engineering activities, agile development approaches rarely use it because of the extra effort required. In this industry case study, the authors report the results of applying their lightweight semiautomated method that integrates traceability into software architecture developed with an agile process like Scrum.
Agile Software Development (ASD) has been on mainstream through methodologies such as XP and Scrum enabling them to be applied in the development of complex and reliable software systems. This paper is the end result of the Master's dissertation of the main author, and proposes a solution to guide the development of complex systems based on components by adding exceptional behavior modeling practices...
The development of devices that combine hardware and software has created new challenges. The new built devices have a short life cycle and frequently require upgrading. The software industry attends to these requests with agile methods, such as Scrum. Agile methods apply quick iterations and continuous preplanning based on feedback and past iterations, enabling a quick and continuous delivery for...
Practitioners consider the focus of Agile Software Development and Enterprise Architecture Management as divergent. Following this view, two questions arise and are answered by this paper: whether and how agile methods such as Scrum can be used to create architecture deliverables and how enterprise architects can collaborate with agile software development teams. Based on expert interviews in a major...
This paper is an experience report of a long running Scrum project, conducted in a collaboration between industry and research, in a so called "Joint Research and Development Laboratory". Over time in the collaboration, we experienced a constant decrease in the pace of our development progress. Planning forward only within the limits of single sprints was the main reason for this. It resulted...
Enterprise architecture (EA) management provides an engineering approach for the continuous advancement of the enterprise as a whole. The high number of involved components and their dense web of interdependencies nevertheless form a major challenge for such approach and demand high initial investment into documentations, communications, and analysis. Aforementioned fact has in the past been an impediment...
Agile development methods are being recognized as popular and efficient approaches to the development of software systems that have features such as a short delivery period and unclear requirements. They emphasize customer satisfaction, fast response to changes, and release in less time. According to a recent survey, SCRUM is one of the most popular methods that are currently being used. Some backlogs,...
A software development life cycle model based on predicting and deciding maximum possible changes which can come in the time line of project completion has been proposed. The model makes it easy for developers to manage the constantly changing requirements and specifications. This model instead of focusing on people and resources focuses on architecture. It is not a replacement for Agile and other...
This article presents practical experiences and lessons learned in defining and implementing an agile model-driven development process using the MDD tools chain. This process and its implementation inherit the merits of scrum, extreme programming, and the Unified Software Development Processes. The experience data demonstrates that combining MDD practices with agile development process can significantly...
Large enterprise organisations usually have a project management office (PMO) whose responsibility it is to oversee a standardisation of project management practices across a portfolio. This can often be in conflict with the agile principles of self-organisation and inspect and adapt. We describe how one of Yahoo! Europepsilas teams helped implement a process which was compatible both with agile values...
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