An Intentional Perspective on Partial Agile Adoption

Soreangsey Kiv, Samedi Heng, Manuel Kolp, Yves Wautelet

2017

Abstract

Nowadays, the agile paradigm is one of the most important approach used for software development besides structured and traditional life cycles. To facilitate its adoption and minimize the risks, different meta-models have been proposed trying to unify it. Yet, very few of them have focused on one fundamental question: How to partially adopt agile methods? Intuitively, choosing which practices to adopt in agile methods should be made based on their most prioritized goals in the software development process. To answer this issue, this paper proposes a model for partial agile methods adoption based on intentional (i.e., goal) perspectives. Hence, adoption can be considered as defining the goals in the model, corresponding to the intentions of the software team. Next, by mapping with our goal-based model, suitable practices for adoption could be easily found. Moreover, the relationship between roles and their dependencies to achieve a specific goal can also be visualized. This will help the software team to identify easily the vulnerabilities associated with each goal and, in turn, help to minimize risks.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Kiv S., Heng S., Kolp M. and Wautelet Y. (2017). An Intentional Perspective on Partial Agile Adoption . In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Software Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT, ISBN 978-989-758-262-2, pages 116-127. DOI: 10.5220/0006429301160127

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsoft17,
author={Soreangsey Kiv and Samedi Heng and Manuel Kolp and Yves Wautelet},
title={An Intentional Perspective on Partial Agile Adoption},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Software Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT,},
year={2017},
pages={116-127},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006429301160127},
isbn={978-989-758-262-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Software Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT,
TI - An Intentional Perspective on Partial Agile Adoption
SN - 978-989-758-262-2
AU - Kiv S.
AU - Heng S.
AU - Kolp M.
AU - Wautelet Y.
PY - 2017
SP - 116
EP - 127
DO - 10.5220/0006429301160127