Comparative Case Study of Plan-Driven and Agile Approaches in Student Computing Projects

Autor: Rafal Wlodarski, Aneta Poniszewska-Maranda, Jean-Rémy Falleri
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: SoftCOM
DOI: 10.23919/softcom50211.2020.9238196
Popis: Plan first, execute second” and “Adapt to change as you iterate” are two paradigms that are well known in software development, as they represent disparate schools of project management: traditional and agile. Despite a long-lasting debate on prominence of each, little comparative research has been reported, particularly in the context of academic projects, where all too often a no-process approach still prevails. This paper presents an experiment that was carried out during the Spring semester of the 2018-2019 academic year at two engineering schools in Europe in order to assess the impacts of a given development method on the success of student computing undertakings. A structured, metric-based assessment scheme was applied to reveal patterns associated with the use of Plan-driven, Iterative and no-process approaches on product quality, team productivity and teamwork quality facets.
Databáze: OpenAIRE