Applying an agility/discipline assessment for a small software organisation

  • Authors:

  • Philip S. Taylor;Des Greer;Paul Sage;Gerry Coleman;Kevin McDaid;Ian Lawthers;Ronan Corr

  • Affiliations:

  • School of Computer Science, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK;School of Computer Science, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK;School of Computer Science, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK;Department of Computing and Maths, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland;Department of Computing and Maths, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland;Department of Computing and Maths, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland;Servasport, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

  • Venue:
  • PROFES'06 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

The adoption of agile software development methodologies may appear to be a rather straightforward process yielding instantly improved software in less time and increasingly satisfied customers. This paper will show that such a notion is a misunderstanding and can be harmful to small software development organisations. A more reasonable approach involves a careful risk assessment and framework for introducing agile practices to address specific risks. A case study with a small software development organisation is provided to show the assessment in practice and the resulting risk mitigation strategies for process improvement.