Modeling user story completion of an agile software process

  • Authors:

  • Dan X. Houston;Douglas J. Buettner

  • Affiliations:

  • Aerospace Corporation, USA;Aerospace Corporation, USA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Software and System Process
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

Although some researchers have studied agile techniques of software development using simulation, simulation studies of actual agile projects are difficult to find. This report on an industrial case study seeks to address this need by presenting an experience of modeling and analyzing an agile software development process using discrete event simulation. The study, undertaken for software process improvement, produced analyses that provided project management with process capability information. First, a sensitivity analysis used a designed experiment to measure the dominant factors in user story productivity. Second, a response surface provided information on the process tolerance for defect rework. Finally, a scenario comparison supported a management decision on sprint usage.