Rolling the DICE® for agile software projects

  • Authors:
  • Bartłomiej Ziółkowski;Geoffrey Drake

  • Affiliations:
  • Nokia Networks, Düsseldorf, Germany;Managed Design, UK

  • Venue:
  • XP'06 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Extreme Programming and Agile Processes in Software Engineering
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

The DICE framework provides means for predicting the outcome of change management initiatives. The four factors: duration, integrity, commitment, and effort are evaluated and a score is calculated. The DICE® score is used to classify projects into win, worry, or woe zones. In this paper, we apply the DICE® framework to predict the outcome of a software project that is migrating from waterfall to agile practices. We propose fine-tuning of the four factors to improve the score and show how to use DICE® for communication with the stakeholders. Finally, we make a claim that evaluation against the DICE® framework confirms that agile projects have a higher chance of success than traditional waterfall projects.