What Do We Know about Scientific Software Development's Agile Practices?

  • Authors:
  • Magnus Thorstein Sletholt;Jo Erskine Hannay;Dietmar Pfahl;Hans Petter Langtangen

  • Affiliations:
  • Distribution Innovation;Simula Research Laboratory;Lund University;University of Oslo and Simula Research Laboratory

  • Venue:
  • Computing in Science and Engineering
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

The development of scientific software has similarities with processes that follow the software engineering "agile manifesto": responsiveness to change and collaboration are of utmost importance. But how well do current scientific software-development processes match the practices found in agile development methods, and what are the effects of using agile practices in such processes?