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Scaling the Management of Extreme Programming Projects
XP is a code-oriented, light-weight software engineering methodology, suited
merely for small-sized teams who develop software that relies on vague or
rapidly changing requirements. Being very code-oriented, the discipline of
systems engineering knows it as approach of incremental system change. In this
contribution, we discuss the enhanced version of a concept on how to extend XP
on large scale projects with hundreds of software engineers and programmers,
respectively. Previous versions were already presented in [1] and [12]. The
basic idea is to apply the "hierarchical approach", a management principle of
reorganizing companies, as well as well-known moderation principles to XP
project organization. We show similarities between software engineering methods
and company reorganization processes and discuss how the elements of the
hierarchical approach can improve XP. We provide guidelines on how to scale up
XP to very large projects e.g. those common in telecommunication industry and
IT technology consultancy firms by using moderation techniques.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figure
Agile development for a multi-disciplinary bicycle stability test bench
Agile software development methods are used extensively in the software industry. This paper describes an argument to explain why these methods can be used within a multi-disciplinary project and provides a concrete description on how to implement such a method, using a case-study to support the rationale. The SOFIE (Intelligent Assisted Bicycle) project was created to develop mechatronic appliances to make bicycles more stable, i.e. safer. A bicycle stability test bench is created within this project and is used as the case study for this research. The relative complexity of the test bench development and partner structure within the SOFIE project has many similarities with large-scale complex projects found in industry. Thus it provides a good environment to research the application of Agile software methods to a multi-disciplinary project
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Designing a consulting services architecture model
textDuring my years of experience in the technology industry, it has become obvious that standard processes and methodologies within the engineering discipline are at a mature state. The realization though is that software engineering specifically lags behind. Most software engineering methodologies that I have studied focus on the mission of software development. It is this realization and the need for structure that led me to review existing methodologies used within my company's software services organization. The definition of what a successful software services methodology entails is rather limited. This report will provide a history of existing software engineering methodologies that I have studied, describe an initial services method that was being developed within my organization, develop a new model that addresses previous shortcomings and identify additional components required to further define a strong software services-oriented delivery methodology.Electrical and Computer Engineerin
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