In the past few years, agile software development approach has emerged as a most attractive software development approach. A typical CASE environment consists of a number of CASE tools operating on a common hardware and software platform and note that there are a number of different classes of users of a CASE environment. In fact, some users such as software developers and managers wish to make use of CASE tools to support them in developing application systems and monitoring the progress of a project. This development approach has quickly caught the attention of a large number of software development firms. However, this approach particularly pays attention to development side of software development project while neglects critical aspects of requirements engineering process. In fact, there is no standard requirement engineering process in this approach and requirements engineering activities vary from situation to situation. As a result, there emerge a large number of problems which can lead the software development projects to failure. One of major drawbacks of agile approach is that it is suitable for small size projects with limited team size. Hence, it cannot be adopted for large size projects. We claim that this approach can be used for large size projects if traditional requirements engineering approach is combined with agile manifesto. In fact, the combination of traditional requirements engineering process and agile manifesto can also help resolve a large number of problems exist in agile development methodologies. As in software development the most important thing is to know the clear customer’s requirements and also through modeling (data modeling, functional modeling, behavior modeling). Using UML we are able to build efficient system starting from scratch towards the desired goal. Through UML we start from abstract model and develop the required system through going in details with different UML diagrams. Each UML diagram serves different goal towards implementing a whole project.
Agile techniques that utilize iterative development are broadly used in various industry projects as a lightweight development technique which can satisfy the continuous changes of requirements. Short repetitions are used that are required for efficient product delivery. Traditional and old software development methods are not much efficient and effective to control the rapid change in requirements. Despite the benefits of Agile, criticism on agile methodology states that it couldn’t succeed to pay attention to architectural and design issues and therefore is bound to produce small design-decisions. The past decade has observed numerous changes in systems development with many organizations accepting agile techniques as a viable methodology for developing systems. An increase in the number of research studies reveals the growing demand and acceptance of agile methodologies. While most research has focused on acceptance rate and adaptation of agile practices, there is very limited knowledge of their post-adoption usage and incorporation within organizations. Several factors explain the effective usage of agile methodologies. A combination of previous research in Agile Methodologies, Diffusion of Innovations, Information Systems implementation, and Systems Development has been carried out to develop a research model that identifies the main factors relevant to the propagation and effective usage of agile methodologies in organizations.
The document discusses various metrics that can be used to measure different aspects of software quality. It describes McCall's quality factors triangle which identifies key attributes like correctness, reliability, efficiency etc. It then discusses different types of metrics like function-based metrics which measure functionality, design metrics which measure complexity, and class-oriented metrics which measure characteristics of object-oriented design like coupling and cohesion. The document provides examples of metrics that can measure code, interfaces, testing and more.
Comparative Analysis of Agile Software Development Methodologies-A ReviewIJERA Editor
This document provides a review and comparison of several agile software development methodologies, including Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM), Feature-Driven Development (FDD), and Adaptive Software Development (ASD). It finds that while all agile methods emphasize iterative development, customer collaboration, and responsiveness to change, they differ in their documentation requirements, level of customer involvement, use of meetings, and suitability for small versus large projects. For example, XP and Scrum involve customers most heavily while FDD relies more on documentation, and XP and ASD generally work best for smaller projects compared to Scrum, FDD and DSDM. A table compares the key characteristics of each
The document discusses key concepts for managing software projects including the four Ps of project management: People, Product, Process, and Project. It describes stakeholders and team structures, and emphasizes establishing clear objectives and scope, tracking progress, and learning lessons through post-mortem reviews. Metrics for both processes and products are discussed to assess status, risks, and quality in order to guide improvement.
Today in era of software industry there is no perfect software framework available for
analysis and software development. Currently there are enormous number of software development
process exists which can be implemented to stabilize the process of developing a software system. But no
perfect system is recognized till yet which can help software developers for opting of best software
development process. This paper present the framework of skillful system combined with Likert scale. With
the help of Likert scale we define a rule based model and delegate some mass score to every process and
develop one tool name as MuxSet which will help the software developers to select an appropriate
development process that may enhance the probability of system success.
Software Development Metrics You Can Count On Parasoft
When trying to analyze software quality today, we have a bewildering array of possible metrics. Some purport to be the one true answer. Which metrics mean what? Which ones can you trust? Which ones can be dangerous? Learn how to get the most out of your software metrics.
Software Development Life Cycle: Traditional and Agile- A Comparative Studyijsrd.com
In the field of software development, software development lifecycle is the most important component. There is a number of software development methodologies used in software industry today. The paper discussed below focuses on the modern SDLC which are traditional methods and the agile methods. It also explains the compensation and shortcomings of the traditional as well as agile methods. Along with this, it suggests some improvements which could help in improving current agile development
Suitability of Agile Methods for Safety-Critical Systems Development: A Surve...Editor IJCATR
Lately, agile methods have widely been used in large organizations. This contrasts to previous practice, where they were mainly
used for small projects. However, developers of safety critical systems have shied away from using these methods for the right and wrong
reasons. Adoption of agile methods for safety critical system development is low and there is need to find out why this is so especially
since agile methods allow a more relaxed approach towards documentation, flexible development lifecycle based on short iterations and
accommodates changing requirements. This paper presents a report of a detailed analysis of literature and aims to shed light on the
suitability of agile methods for developing safety critical systems .The findings indicate that many organizations are relying on traditional
methods to develop safety critical systems because they are familiar with them and have been thoroughly tested over time. However with
the advent of agile methods there is a paradigm shift by non safety critical system developers, nevertheless this is not happening with the
safety critical system developers and there is need to find out why.
Agile techniques that utilize iterative development are broadly used in various industry projects as a lightweight development technique which can satisfy the continuous changes of requirements. Short repetitions are used that are required for efficient product delivery. Traditional and old software development methods are not much efficient and effective to control the rapid change in requirements. Despite the benefits of Agile, criticism on agile methodology states that it couldn’t succeed to pay attention to architectural and design issues and therefore is bound to produce small design-decisions. The past decade has observed numerous changes in systems development with many organizations accepting agile techniques as a viable methodology for developing systems. An increase in the number of research studies reveals the growing demand and acceptance of agile methodologies. While most research has focused on acceptance rate and adaptation of agile practices, there is very limited knowledge of their post-adoption usage and incorporation within organizations. Several factors explain the effective usage of agile methodologies. A combination of previous research in Agile Methodologies, Diffusion of Innovations, Information Systems implementation, and Systems Development has been carried out to develop a research model that identifies the main factors relevant to the propagation and effective usage of agile methodologies in organizations.
The document discusses various metrics that can be used to measure different aspects of software quality. It describes McCall's quality factors triangle which identifies key attributes like correctness, reliability, efficiency etc. It then discusses different types of metrics like function-based metrics which measure functionality, design metrics which measure complexity, and class-oriented metrics which measure characteristics of object-oriented design like coupling and cohesion. The document provides examples of metrics that can measure code, interfaces, testing and more.
Comparative Analysis of Agile Software Development Methodologies-A ReviewIJERA Editor
This document provides a review and comparison of several agile software development methodologies, including Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM), Feature-Driven Development (FDD), and Adaptive Software Development (ASD). It finds that while all agile methods emphasize iterative development, customer collaboration, and responsiveness to change, they differ in their documentation requirements, level of customer involvement, use of meetings, and suitability for small versus large projects. For example, XP and Scrum involve customers most heavily while FDD relies more on documentation, and XP and ASD generally work best for smaller projects compared to Scrum, FDD and DSDM. A table compares the key characteristics of each
The document discusses key concepts for managing software projects including the four Ps of project management: People, Product, Process, and Project. It describes stakeholders and team structures, and emphasizes establishing clear objectives and scope, tracking progress, and learning lessons through post-mortem reviews. Metrics for both processes and products are discussed to assess status, risks, and quality in order to guide improvement.
Today in era of software industry there is no perfect software framework available for
analysis and software development. Currently there are enormous number of software development
process exists which can be implemented to stabilize the process of developing a software system. But no
perfect system is recognized till yet which can help software developers for opting of best software
development process. This paper present the framework of skillful system combined with Likert scale. With
the help of Likert scale we define a rule based model and delegate some mass score to every process and
develop one tool name as MuxSet which will help the software developers to select an appropriate
development process that may enhance the probability of system success.
Software Development Metrics You Can Count On Parasoft
When trying to analyze software quality today, we have a bewildering array of possible metrics. Some purport to be the one true answer. Which metrics mean what? Which ones can you trust? Which ones can be dangerous? Learn how to get the most out of your software metrics.
Software Development Life Cycle: Traditional and Agile- A Comparative Studyijsrd.com
In the field of software development, software development lifecycle is the most important component. There is a number of software development methodologies used in software industry today. The paper discussed below focuses on the modern SDLC which are traditional methods and the agile methods. It also explains the compensation and shortcomings of the traditional as well as agile methods. Along with this, it suggests some improvements which could help in improving current agile development
Suitability of Agile Methods for Safety-Critical Systems Development: A Surve...Editor IJCATR
Lately, agile methods have widely been used in large organizations. This contrasts to previous practice, where they were mainly
used for small projects. However, developers of safety critical systems have shied away from using these methods for the right and wrong
reasons. Adoption of agile methods for safety critical system development is low and there is need to find out why this is so especially
since agile methods allow a more relaxed approach towards documentation, flexible development lifecycle based on short iterations and
accommodates changing requirements. This paper presents a report of a detailed analysis of literature and aims to shed light on the
suitability of agile methods for developing safety critical systems .The findings indicate that many organizations are relying on traditional
methods to develop safety critical systems because they are familiar with them and have been thoroughly tested over time. However with
the advent of agile methods there is a paradigm shift by non safety critical system developers, nevertheless this is not happening with the
safety critical system developers and there is need to find out why.
This document discusses the paradigm shift in software engineering from traditional methods to more agile methodologies. It introduces SEMAT (Software Engineering Method and Theory) which aims to support both the craftsmanship of software development through defined methods, as well as building a theoretical foundation. SEMAT defines a "kernel" with seven dimensions (alphas) to measure project progress, categorize necessary activities, and identify required competencies. The kernel provides a framework for practices like agile methods to advance projects in a predictable way. The goal is to develop a true discipline of software engineering through standardization of successful practices while maintaining flexibility.
A study of critical success factors for adaption of agile methodologyIAEME Publication
This document discusses critical success factors for adopting agile methodology. It conducted a survey of 200 IT professionals, though only 40 responded. The survey found that management involvement, team member readiness, and organization size significantly impact adopting agile software methodology. The document also reviews various agile methods like extreme programming, scrum, crystal and feature driven development, and compares them to traditional waterfall methods. It notes advantages of agile include short cycles, test-first development, and empowering teams, while waterfalls struggle with changing requirements.
7.significance of software layered technology on size of projects (2)EditorJST
The objective of the software engineering is committed to build software projects within the budget, time and required quality. Software engineering is a layered paradigm comprised of process, methods, tools and quality focus as bedrock to develop the product. Software firms build software projects of varying sizes constrained on resources, time and functional requirement. Impact of software engineering layered technology may vary according to the size of the projects during their development. Quantitative evaluation of layer significance on size of the software project could be categorized as a complex task because it involves a collective decision on multiple criteria. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) provides an effective quantitative approach for finding the significance of software layered technology on size of the projects. This paper presents the estimations through quantitative approach on real time data collected from several software firms. These findings help for a better project management with respect to the cost, time and resources during building a software project.
The performance of an algorithm can be improved using a parallel computing programming approach. In this study, the performance of bubble sort algorithm on various computer specifications has been applied. Experimental results have shown that parallel computing programming can save significant time performance by 61%-65% compared to serial computing programming.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
Estimating agile development in the Federal Government domain requires more than just defining Story Points and planning Sprints. These estimates must follow the guidance in OMB A-11 Part 7 and other document based management of budget and performance measures.
This is short review of project matrices. This short lecture provides an overview that how software project matrices help software project manager to make accurate estimates.
The document discusses the four phases of the software development lifecycle: inception, elaboration, construction, and transition. It provides details on the objectives and essential activities of each phase. The inception phase focuses on establishing scope and demonstrating architecture. The elaboration phase builds prototypes and baselines requirements, architecture, and plans. Construction integrates components and tests features. Transition deploys the software to end users through activities like beta testing and training. The document also discusses engineering artifact sets for managing development, including management, requirements, design, implementation, and deployment artifacts.
A Review and Analysis on Mobile Application Development Processes using Agile...IJORCS
This document provides a review and analysis of mobile application development processes using agile methodologies. It begins with an introduction to agile software development and discusses how agile principles are a natural fit for mobile application development given the dynamic environment. The document then reviews several proposed mobile application development processes that combine agile and non-agile techniques, including Mobile-D, RaPiD7, a hybrid methodology, MASAM, and a Scrum and Lean Six Sigma integration approach. It concludes by noting that while agile methodologies show promise for mobile development, further empirical validation is still needed.
This document discusses various topics related to software project management and metrics. It describes the roles and skills needed for a software project manager, including motivation, organization, and innovation. It also discusses characteristics of effective project managers such as problem solving, leadership, achievement, and team building. The document outlines several software metrics that can be collected, such as size-oriented metrics, function-oriented metrics, quality metrics, and defect metrics. It provides details on calculating and using function points and discusses measuring aspects of quality like correctness, maintainability, and integrity.
Software System Engineering - Chapter 2Fadhil Ismail
The document discusses different software development models including the linear sequential/waterfall model, prototyping, RAD model, and evolutionary software process models. It provides details on each model, including their advantages and disadvantages. Specific evolutionary models covered are the incremental model, spiral model, WINWIN spiral model, component assembly model, and concurrent development model.
IASA is a non-profit professional association run by architects for all IT architects. It is centrally governed but locally run, technology and vendor agnostic. The use, disclosure, reproduction, modification, transfer, or transmittal of this work without the written permission of IASA is strictly prohibited.
Agent-oriented software engineering is a promising new approach
to software engineering that uses the notion of an agent as the
primary entity of abstraction. The development of methodologies
for agent-oriented software engineering is an area that is currently
receiving much attention, there have been several agent-oriented
methodologies proposed recently and survey papers are starting to
appear. However the authors feel that there is still much work
necessary in this area; current methodologies can be improved
upon. This paper presents a new methodology, the Styx Agent
Methodology, which guides the development of collaborative
agent systems from the analysis phase through to system
implementation and maintenance. A distinguishing feature of
Styx is that it covers a wider range of software development lifecycle
activities than do other recently proposed agent-oriented
methodologies. The key areas covered by this methodology are
the specification of communication concepts, inter-agent
communication and each agent's behaviour activation—but it
does not address the development of application-specific parts of
a sys-tem. It will be supported by a software tool which is
currently in development.
This document summarizes several software development process models. It begins by defining what a software process is - a framework for the activities required to build software. It then discusses evolutionary models like prototyping and the spiral model, which use iterative development and user feedback. Concurrent modeling is presented as allowing activities to occur simultaneously. The Unified Process is described as use case driven and iterative. Other models discussed include component-based development, formal methods, and aspect-oriented development. Personal and team software processes are also summarized, focusing on planning, metrics, and continuous improvement.
The document provides an overview of the Rational Unified Process (RUP). It discusses that the RUP is a software engineering process that guides software development organizations. The RUP is designed and delivered like software, with regular updates. It captures many modern best practices such as iterative development, managing requirements, and continuously verifying quality. The RUP has a defined structure using phases, iterations, and disciplines to group activities. It can also be customized to meet an organization's specific needs.
Agile is an iterative approach to project management and software development that helps teams deliver value to their customers faster and with fewer headaches. Instead of betting everything on a "big bang" launch, an agile team delivers work in small, but consumable, increments.
The document provides an introduction to the Rational Unified Process (RUP). It discusses what a software engineering process is, limitations of the waterfall model, and an overview of RUP. RUP is an iterative software development process framework that is use case driven and architecture-centric. It consists of four main phases - inception, elaboration, construction, and transition - with milestones used to transition between phases. The goal is to deliver working software incrementally throughout the project lifetime.
The document discusses key concepts and principles of software engineering practice. It covers the software development lifecycle including requirements analysis, planning, modeling, construction, testing, and deployment. It provides guidance on best practices for communication, modeling, design, coding, testing, and project management. The overall aim of software engineering is to develop reliable, maintainable and usable software that meets customer requirements.
This document provides an overview of software engineering concepts including:
- The 4 P's of software development which are people, process, project, and product.
- Common software process models like waterfall, prototype, spiral, and RAD.
- Software engineering tasks like documentation, coding, implementation, and maintenance.
- Risks in software development such as technical risks, business risks, and customer risks.
Distributed Software Development Process, Initiatives and Key Factors: A Syst...zillesubhan
Geographically Distributed Software Development (GSD) process differs from Collocated Software Development (CSD) process in various technical aspects. It is empirically proven that renowned process improvement initiatives applicable to CSD are not very effective for GSD. The objective of this research is to review the existing literature (both academia and industrial) to identify initiatives and key factors which play key role in the improvement and maturity of a GSD process, to achieve this goal we planned a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) following a standard protocol. Three highly respected sources are selected to search for the relevant literature which resulted in a large number of TOIs (Title of Interest). An inter-author custom protocol is outlined and followed to shortlist most relevant articles for review. The data is extracted from this set of finally selected articles. We have performed both qualitative and quantitative analysis of the extracted data to obtain the results. The concluded results identify several initiatives and key factors involved in GSD and answer each research question posed by the SLR.
This document discusses rapid software development methods like agile development and extreme programming (XP). It explains that agile methods use iterative development with customer involvement to quickly deliver working software. XP in particular emphasizes practices like test-driven development, pair programming, and frequent small releases. The document also covers rapid application development tools and the use of prototypes to help define requirements before full system development.
The International Journal of Engineering & Science is aimed at providing a platform for researchers, engineers, scientists, or educators to publish their original research results, to exchange new ideas, to disseminate information in innovative designs, engineering experiences and technological skills. It is also the Journal's objective to promote engineering and technology education. All papers submitted to the Journal will be blind peer-reviewed. Only original articles will be published.
The papers for publication in The International Journal of Engineering& Science are selected through rigorous peer reviews to ensure originality, timeliness, relevance, and readability.
This document discusses the paradigm shift in software engineering from traditional methods to more agile methodologies. It introduces SEMAT (Software Engineering Method and Theory) which aims to support both the craftsmanship of software development through defined methods, as well as building a theoretical foundation. SEMAT defines a "kernel" with seven dimensions (alphas) to measure project progress, categorize necessary activities, and identify required competencies. The kernel provides a framework for practices like agile methods to advance projects in a predictable way. The goal is to develop a true discipline of software engineering through standardization of successful practices while maintaining flexibility.
A study of critical success factors for adaption of agile methodologyIAEME Publication
This document discusses critical success factors for adopting agile methodology. It conducted a survey of 200 IT professionals, though only 40 responded. The survey found that management involvement, team member readiness, and organization size significantly impact adopting agile software methodology. The document also reviews various agile methods like extreme programming, scrum, crystal and feature driven development, and compares them to traditional waterfall methods. It notes advantages of agile include short cycles, test-first development, and empowering teams, while waterfalls struggle with changing requirements.
7.significance of software layered technology on size of projects (2)EditorJST
The objective of the software engineering is committed to build software projects within the budget, time and required quality. Software engineering is a layered paradigm comprised of process, methods, tools and quality focus as bedrock to develop the product. Software firms build software projects of varying sizes constrained on resources, time and functional requirement. Impact of software engineering layered technology may vary according to the size of the projects during their development. Quantitative evaluation of layer significance on size of the software project could be categorized as a complex task because it involves a collective decision on multiple criteria. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) provides an effective quantitative approach for finding the significance of software layered technology on size of the projects. This paper presents the estimations through quantitative approach on real time data collected from several software firms. These findings help for a better project management with respect to the cost, time and resources during building a software project.
The performance of an algorithm can be improved using a parallel computing programming approach. In this study, the performance of bubble sort algorithm on various computer specifications has been applied. Experimental results have shown that parallel computing programming can save significant time performance by 61%-65% compared to serial computing programming.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
Estimating agile development in the Federal Government domain requires more than just defining Story Points and planning Sprints. These estimates must follow the guidance in OMB A-11 Part 7 and other document based management of budget and performance measures.
This is short review of project matrices. This short lecture provides an overview that how software project matrices help software project manager to make accurate estimates.
The document discusses the four phases of the software development lifecycle: inception, elaboration, construction, and transition. It provides details on the objectives and essential activities of each phase. The inception phase focuses on establishing scope and demonstrating architecture. The elaboration phase builds prototypes and baselines requirements, architecture, and plans. Construction integrates components and tests features. Transition deploys the software to end users through activities like beta testing and training. The document also discusses engineering artifact sets for managing development, including management, requirements, design, implementation, and deployment artifacts.
A Review and Analysis on Mobile Application Development Processes using Agile...IJORCS
This document provides a review and analysis of mobile application development processes using agile methodologies. It begins with an introduction to agile software development and discusses how agile principles are a natural fit for mobile application development given the dynamic environment. The document then reviews several proposed mobile application development processes that combine agile and non-agile techniques, including Mobile-D, RaPiD7, a hybrid methodology, MASAM, and a Scrum and Lean Six Sigma integration approach. It concludes by noting that while agile methodologies show promise for mobile development, further empirical validation is still needed.
This document discusses various topics related to software project management and metrics. It describes the roles and skills needed for a software project manager, including motivation, organization, and innovation. It also discusses characteristics of effective project managers such as problem solving, leadership, achievement, and team building. The document outlines several software metrics that can be collected, such as size-oriented metrics, function-oriented metrics, quality metrics, and defect metrics. It provides details on calculating and using function points and discusses measuring aspects of quality like correctness, maintainability, and integrity.
Software System Engineering - Chapter 2Fadhil Ismail
The document discusses different software development models including the linear sequential/waterfall model, prototyping, RAD model, and evolutionary software process models. It provides details on each model, including their advantages and disadvantages. Specific evolutionary models covered are the incremental model, spiral model, WINWIN spiral model, component assembly model, and concurrent development model.
IASA is a non-profit professional association run by architects for all IT architects. It is centrally governed but locally run, technology and vendor agnostic. The use, disclosure, reproduction, modification, transfer, or transmittal of this work without the written permission of IASA is strictly prohibited.
Agent-oriented software engineering is a promising new approach
to software engineering that uses the notion of an agent as the
primary entity of abstraction. The development of methodologies
for agent-oriented software engineering is an area that is currently
receiving much attention, there have been several agent-oriented
methodologies proposed recently and survey papers are starting to
appear. However the authors feel that there is still much work
necessary in this area; current methodologies can be improved
upon. This paper presents a new methodology, the Styx Agent
Methodology, which guides the development of collaborative
agent systems from the analysis phase through to system
implementation and maintenance. A distinguishing feature of
Styx is that it covers a wider range of software development lifecycle
activities than do other recently proposed agent-oriented
methodologies. The key areas covered by this methodology are
the specification of communication concepts, inter-agent
communication and each agent's behaviour activation—but it
does not address the development of application-specific parts of
a sys-tem. It will be supported by a software tool which is
currently in development.
This document summarizes several software development process models. It begins by defining what a software process is - a framework for the activities required to build software. It then discusses evolutionary models like prototyping and the spiral model, which use iterative development and user feedback. Concurrent modeling is presented as allowing activities to occur simultaneously. The Unified Process is described as use case driven and iterative. Other models discussed include component-based development, formal methods, and aspect-oriented development. Personal and team software processes are also summarized, focusing on planning, metrics, and continuous improvement.
The document provides an overview of the Rational Unified Process (RUP). It discusses that the RUP is a software engineering process that guides software development organizations. The RUP is designed and delivered like software, with regular updates. It captures many modern best practices such as iterative development, managing requirements, and continuously verifying quality. The RUP has a defined structure using phases, iterations, and disciplines to group activities. It can also be customized to meet an organization's specific needs.
Agile is an iterative approach to project management and software development that helps teams deliver value to their customers faster and with fewer headaches. Instead of betting everything on a "big bang" launch, an agile team delivers work in small, but consumable, increments.
The document provides an introduction to the Rational Unified Process (RUP). It discusses what a software engineering process is, limitations of the waterfall model, and an overview of RUP. RUP is an iterative software development process framework that is use case driven and architecture-centric. It consists of four main phases - inception, elaboration, construction, and transition - with milestones used to transition between phases. The goal is to deliver working software incrementally throughout the project lifetime.
The document discusses key concepts and principles of software engineering practice. It covers the software development lifecycle including requirements analysis, planning, modeling, construction, testing, and deployment. It provides guidance on best practices for communication, modeling, design, coding, testing, and project management. The overall aim of software engineering is to develop reliable, maintainable and usable software that meets customer requirements.
This document provides an overview of software engineering concepts including:
- The 4 P's of software development which are people, process, project, and product.
- Common software process models like waterfall, prototype, spiral, and RAD.
- Software engineering tasks like documentation, coding, implementation, and maintenance.
- Risks in software development such as technical risks, business risks, and customer risks.
Distributed Software Development Process, Initiatives and Key Factors: A Syst...zillesubhan
Geographically Distributed Software Development (GSD) process differs from Collocated Software Development (CSD) process in various technical aspects. It is empirically proven that renowned process improvement initiatives applicable to CSD are not very effective for GSD. The objective of this research is to review the existing literature (both academia and industrial) to identify initiatives and key factors which play key role in the improvement and maturity of a GSD process, to achieve this goal we planned a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) following a standard protocol. Three highly respected sources are selected to search for the relevant literature which resulted in a large number of TOIs (Title of Interest). An inter-author custom protocol is outlined and followed to shortlist most relevant articles for review. The data is extracted from this set of finally selected articles. We have performed both qualitative and quantitative analysis of the extracted data to obtain the results. The concluded results identify several initiatives and key factors involved in GSD and answer each research question posed by the SLR.
This document discusses rapid software development methods like agile development and extreme programming (XP). It explains that agile methods use iterative development with customer involvement to quickly deliver working software. XP in particular emphasizes practices like test-driven development, pair programming, and frequent small releases. The document also covers rapid application development tools and the use of prototypes to help define requirements before full system development.
The International Journal of Engineering & Science is aimed at providing a platform for researchers, engineers, scientists, or educators to publish their original research results, to exchange new ideas, to disseminate information in innovative designs, engineering experiences and technological skills. It is also the Journal's objective to promote engineering and technology education. All papers submitted to the Journal will be blind peer-reviewed. Only original articles will be published.
The papers for publication in The International Journal of Engineering& Science are selected through rigorous peer reviews to ensure originality, timeliness, relevance, and readability.
Estimation of agile functionality in software developmentBashir Nasr Azadani
Estimation of Agile Functionality in Software Development - ISBN: 978-988-98671-8-8
Publication date: Mar 21, 2008 presented at International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2008 Vol I
This document provides an overview of agile software development and extreme programming (XP). It discusses how agile methods aim to rapidly develop and deliver working software through an iterative process with customer collaboration. Key aspects of XP are described, including planning with user stories, small incremental releases, test-driven development, pair programming, collective code ownership, and continuous integration. The document contrasts plan-driven and agile development approaches and outlines some principles and practices of XP such as simple design, refactoring, and sustainable pace of work.
Ludmila Orlova HOW USE OF AGILE METHODOLOGY IN SOFTWARE DEVELO.docxsmile790243
Ludmila Orlova
HOW USE OF AGILE METHODOLOGY IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT INFLUENCE AGILITY OF THE BUSINESS
Agile methodology is widely distributed tool for software development. Presented article explore research data about use of these tools, its influence to quality of the end product and performance of development and overall agility of business and companies.
KEYWORDS:
Agile, software development, agile business
CONTENT
1 INTRODUCTION
2 AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
3 SCALING AGILE
4 AGILE BUSINESS
5 CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
1 INTRODUCTION
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Software engineering emerged in the beginning of 20th century and by the end of it became separate state of art science, activity and the profession for millions. There are about 18.2 million software developers worldwide, a number that is due to rise to 26.4 million by 2019, a 45% increase, says Evans Data Corp. in its latest Global Developer Population and Demographic Study (P. Thibodeau, 2013). Along with growing number of software developers (software development firms, projects and people involved), increased the need for effective management of software development process. This demanded new approach and methodology from business researchers and managers. In the last several decades there was huge number of research, both in IT field and business management dedicated to this area.
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Integrated Analysis of Traditional Requirements Engineering Process with Agile Manifesto: A Traditional Solution to Agile Problems
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Integrated Analysis of Traditional Requirements Engineering Process
with Agile Manifesto: A Traditional Solution to Agile Problems
Zill-e-Subhan1
, Ali Tariq Bhatti2
Zille-e-Subhan
1
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
(NUCES), Lahore Pakistan
zsubhan@hotmail.com
Ali Tariq Bhatti
2
North Carolina A&T State University
(NCAT), Greensboro NC USA atbhatti@aggies.ncat.edu,
ali_tariq302@hotmail.com
Abstract—In the past few years, agile software development
approach has emerged as a most attractive software development
approach. A typical CASE environment consists of a number of
CASE tools operating on a common hardware and software
platform and note that there are a number of different classes of
users of a CASE environment. In fact, some users such as software
developers and managers wish to make use of CASE tools to
support them in developing application systems and monitoring the
progress of a project. This development approach has quickly
caught the attention of a large number of software development
firms. However, this approach particularly pays attention to
development side of software development project while neglects
critical aspects of requirements engineering process. In fact, there
is no standard requirement engineering process in this approach
and requirements engineering activities vary from situation to
situation. As a result, there emerge a large number of problems
which can lead the software development projects to failure. One of
major drawbacks of agile approach is that it is suitable for small
size projects with limited team size. Hence, it cannot be adopted for
large size projects. We claim that this approach can be used for
large size projects if traditional requirements engineering approach
is combined with agile manifesto. In fact, the combination of
traditional requirements engineering process and agile manifesto
can also help resolve a large number of problems exist in agile
development methodologies. As in software development the most
important thing is to know the clear customer’s requirements and
also through modeling (data modeling, functional modeling,
behavior modeling). Using UML we are able to build efficient
system starting from scratch towards the desired goal. Through
UML we start from abstract model and develop the required system
through going in details with different UML diagrams. Each UML
diagram serves different goal towards implementing a whole
project.
Keywords—component; Agile Software Development; CASE;
Requirement engineering; UML
I. Introduction
Software requirements define what tasks system will
perform and circumstances under which it will perform the
desired functions. Every system is developed to accomplish
some specific tasks. Additionally, these requirements are
collected through a standard requirements engineering
process. In this scenario, requirements engineering (RE)
process is a structured set of activities which are followed to
derive, validate and maintain a system requirements document
[9]. Actually, requirements engineering is one of the most
important stages of any software development process models.
There are many software development process models that are
used in different development scenarios. Every process model
has similar stages but they are carried out in different ways.
However, requirements engineering is believed to be a most
important stage of almost every process model.
The researchers and software development firms have spent a
lot of time in an attempt to identify best practices for software
development and maintenance. In the past few years, the agile
development methodology has become an attractive trend for
the software development firms and software engineers.
Basically, this set of best practices and concepts is
acknowledged as Manifesto for agile approach. Up till now, a
large number of researchers have pointed out that agile
software development methodologies emphasize on software
development aspects instead of other aspects of requirements
engineering. As a result, this software development approach
brings a large number of challenges and problems for software
development firms [14], [15] & [21]. In addition, agile
software development methodologies are normally believed to
be useful for small projects and small project teams [12] &
[22].
We claim that if traditional requirements engineering process
is integrated with agile manifesto then agile approach can be
adopted for large size projects as well. In fact, it will help
software project team deal with a number of issues associated
with agile software development methodologies. In order to
prove this claim we will perform an experiment on two large
size projects (approximately of 6 months duration) in parallel.
In one project we will follow pure agile software development
approach and in other we will use mixture of traditional
requirements engineering process and agile software
development approach. However, due to time constraints we
cannot perform this experiment. In this paper we attempt to
prove this claim with the help of literature. The structure of
this paper is as follows: in the next section we define scope of
our work, CASE interaction with software development
process after that we discuss traditional requirements
engineering process, in the next section agile manifesto is
discussed, after that a discussion will be provided on issues in
agile software development approach, after that we discuss
solution to these problems, in the last a discussion will be
provided that will lead to conclusion.
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II. Scope of Work
The purpose of our research is not to discuss different agile
methodologies and how they work. However, we will cover
each aspect of agile manifesto that is related to requirements
engineering process and it can have any positive or negative
effect on requirements. In this paper we are not performing
any experiment, this research attempts to prove our claim with
the help of literature.
III. CASE
Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE) is the use
of computer-based support in the software development
process where in particular, the use of interactive time-sharing
systems for software development encouraged the
development of program editors, debuggers, code analyzers,
and program-pretty printers. Research in the area of software
development processes gave rise to a number of software
design methods (e.g., Jackson Structured Programming, the
Yourdon Method) that could be used as the basis for software
development. These methods were ideally suited to automated
tool support in that they required step-by-step adherence to
methods, had graphical notations associated with them, and
produced a large number of artifacts (e.g., diagrams,
annotations, and documentation) that needed to be recorded
and maintained. A CASE Environment is a collection of
CASE tools that a computer-based product aimed at
supporting one or more software engineering activities within
a software development process. CASE tools can be classified
into two orthogonal ways:
Activity Oriented: Using this approach, the
classification scheme is based on process activities,
such as requirement specification, design, and
implementation and so on.
Function Oriented: This classification scheme based
on functionality of the tools rather than activity
which the tool support. There are number of
functional tool classes, there are other more
specialized tools classes, such as tools to support
software re-use; tools for software re-engineering and
so on.
A. Automated Diagram Support for CASE tools
Checks for syntactic correctness
Data dictionary support
Checks for consistency and completeness
Requirements traceability
Automatic report generation
System simulation
Performance analysis
Navigation to linked diagrams
Layering
B. Software construction and maintenance for CASE tools
Code generators---Generate code from the design
model and may also generate database schemata
Maintenance tools which can be subdivided into
two ways as
o Reverse Engineering
o Analysis of program code
C. Advantages of CASE tools
Help standardization of notations and diagrams
Enhance reuse of models or models’ components
Smoother and faster than using separate generic
software: drawing programs, word processors and
spreadsheets
Ensures consistency between different parts of a
process
Provide different views of Software engineering
information; may lead to new insights
Help communication between development team
members
Automatically check the quality of models
Reduction of time and effort
D. Disadvantages of CASE tools
• Major danger: completeness and syntactic correctness
does NOT mean compliance with requirements
• Costs associated with the use of the tool: purchase +
training
• Limitations in flexibility of documentation
• May lead to restriction to the tool’s capabilities
IV. Traditional Requirements
Engineering Process
Requirement engineering process is the most critical
process of system development. It has significant importance
in each stage of system development. RE is a continuous
process in which all the related activities are repeated until the
acceptable quality of requirements are not gathered. It has a
formal starting and ending point, in start it is recognized that a
problem exists and needs a solution for that or it’s a new idea
which has to be implemented. In the end we have complete
description of external behavior of the system which needs to
be developed. Requirements engineering process deals with
discovering, modeling, communicating and documenting the
requirements for a system that has to be built, and the contexts
in which the system will be used. In traditional software
development process RE process is based on five key
activities [9], [14] & [15]:
1. Requirements Elicitation
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2. Analysis and Negotiation
3. Documentation
4. Validation
5. Management
Figure 1 Requirement Engineering Process
A. Requirements Elicitation
Requirements elicitation is performed by determining the
system requirements through consulting the stakeholders, from
system documents, domain knowledge and through market
studies.
B. Requirements Analysis and Negotiation
It is performed by understanding the relationships among
various customer requirements and shaping those relationships
to achieve a successful result. Negotiations regarding
requirements are done in between stakeholders and
requirement engineers. Inconsistent and incomplete
requirements are tackled in this stage also some negotiations
regarding budget should be discussed in this stage as well
C. Requirements Specification
This is one of the important steps which can affect later
steps or phases significantly if not catered carefully. In this a
tangible form of requirements are made using natural language
and diagrams. This document should be made in that form so
that in can be assessed for correctness, completeness and
consistency.
D. Requirements Document
Requirements document is mainly used by the designers,
developers and testers. This contains the detailed information
of each and every requirement.
E. Requirements Validation
This process is intended to detect problems in the
requirements document, before they are used as a basis for the
system development. It involves reviewing the requirements
model for consistency and completeness
F. Agreed Requirements
Finally after all of the steps an agreed form of
requirements is generated on which an agreement is made
between the organizations. It will be used in later phases of
System development and testing.
Most importantly there is no proper RE process which can
cover all type of situations and organizations. Based on the
need of individual software projects and organizational needs,
requirements engineering processes are tailored. Without a
doubt, traditional requirements engineering process is a
thorough process and each activity is given a particular
attention. In addition, one of the most important activities of
traditional software requirements engineering process is
documentation. In fact, traditional requirements engineering
process pays a great deal of attention to documentation [9],
[14] & [15].
V. Agile Software Development
Approach: Agile Manifesto
The basic goal of agile software development methodology
is to let a firm become agile. In this scenario, the term “agile”
is used to demonstrate various meanings such as “deliver the
product rapidly, change quickly, and change often. In view of
the fact that there are so many software development
methodologies (such as XP, Scrum and many more) which
come under the umbrella of agile methodology and they differ
in emphasis and practices, however they all follow the same
principles come under agile agenda. In this scenario, many
researchers present the common description of agile
manifesto. According to various researchers agile
methodology and its family members are based on the
following principles also known as agile manifesto [8], [10],
[14] & [15]:
Working software is delivered quickly and regularly
(in days instead of weeks and in weeks instead of
months)
Working software demonstrate the progress of the
project
Customer satisfaction by quick and constant release
of practical software
Even late changes in requirements are accommodated
without having serious impacts
These methodologies support close daily cooperation
and collaboration among project team members and
other stakeholders
Face-to-face and daily meetings are the best way of
communication
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Software projects are developed around
motivated team members, who should be trusted
Constant focus on technical quality and good design.
Ease and straightforwardness
Self-organizing project teams
Continuous adjustment in response to varying
situations
Without a doubt, agile software development methodologies
have been developed to deal with the issues of delivering
desired software products promptly under quickly and
continuously changing business environment and
requirements. In fact, agile software development
methodologies have an excellent reputation in the IT and
software sector. The research has shown than more than 69%
of IT firms are adapting one or more agile methodologies for
use in common project management as well as organizational
development [10].
VI. Analysis of Problems in Agile
Requirements Engineering Process
Requirements are the most important element of all
software development projects and in their elicitation,
understanding and management there are a number of issues
no matter what software development methodology is
adopted. According to a research survey of the Standish Group
(as shown in figure1), five of the eight major attributes that
lead the project to failure are because of requirements. These
attributes comprise incomplete requirements, unrealistic
expectations, low customer involvement, useless
requirements, and changes in the requirements [1]:
Figure 2 Problems in Requirements, Source: [1]
Up till now, a large number of researches have been carried
out to determine the effectiveness of agile software
development methodologies in different conditions and
environment. None of the research has particularly defined the
actual agile requirements engineering process. In fact, none of
the researchers have demonstrated the exact agile
requirements engineering process. As traditional requirements
engineering process has predefined stages and all the studies
and researches outline this standard process. On the other
hand, there is no such a standard requirements engineering
process in agile software engineering. In this scenario, agile
requirements engineering process varies from situation to
situation and project to project. Though, many researches
point out that the agile software development approach is
useful for software development but there is no evidence that
proves the effectiveness of agile requirements engineering
process. In its place a number of researches show advantages
of traditional requirements engineering process. Additionally,
many recently carried out researches such as [4], [18] & [20]
point out a number of requirements engineering problems in
agile software development problems. Some of the important
problems that these researchers have pointed out include. The
following steps as shown in figure 3 as:
Figure 3 Steps for Analysis of Problems in Agile Requirement Engineering
Process
A. Customer Involvement
Without a doubt, a key goal of all agile software
development methodologies is to have the customer available
or ’on-site’ (XP). In this scenario, software development team
gets fast feedback and communication is improved.
Additionally, this close communication between both parties
leads to a superior understanding of the development process
(on customer side) and requirements (on developer side). In
addition, the customer is able to make final commitments and
decisions. In this scenario, acceptance of the features
implemented, any changes in requirements, etc. can be
decided straightforwardly by the customer, supporting a quick
decision making practice [14, [15] & [19]. Without a doubt,
both the traditional and agile requirements engineering
processes take into consideration the significance of
stakeholder participation. However, the key difference
between requirements engineering process and agile software
development methodologies is that in traditional
methodologies the customer is mostly engaged during the
requirements engineering phase but not during the actual
software development on the other hand agile software
development methodologies engage the customer all the way
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through the entire software development process.
However, engaging a customer throughout the software
development process of also costly, as the customer is
spending a lot of time. Though, agile software methodologies
highly promote customer involvement throughout the software
development process. However, in some cases this
involvement becomes a challenge, such as [14, [15] & [19]:
1) Availability
In view of the fact that the agile software development
methodologies require the customer to be always accessible to
respond to any issues and questions raised by the software
development team. On the other hand, any delay in the
response will surely cause delay in the software development
process. In addition, a large number of organizations reported
that achieving on-site customer representation is difficult [2]
& [19]. In smaller projects where there is only one customer it
can be feasible for the customer to be present or be the part of
software development process. But in case of large size
projects, where there are so many stakeholders, involving each
stakeholder in the development process is not possible.
2) Complete Knowledge
In some cases, there can be a representative of all the
project stakeholders. For that reason, he cannot answer all
questions, unless he is the domain expert and have knowledge
of how the application should work and the input/output data
required. This situation becomes more critical when the size of
the project increases [19]. Hence, agile software approach
does not seem suitable for large size projects.
3) In case of more than one customer
If a project involves more than one customer group in
which each customer is concerned with different features and
functionalities of the system. In this scenario, attaining
consent or compromise in the small development cycle is
difficult. In addition, the software development team needs to
spend extra time and effort to put together the requirements
through negotiations with each group [19].
B. Trust Factor
In many cases system stakeholders feel it difficult to know
or trust the agile requirements engineering process. A number
of researches have shown that building and maintaining trust
between the customers and developer, which is necessary for
agile RE process, can be difficult. In addition, customers who
are used to a traditional software development process might
not believe or trust the agile RE process for the reason that
there is no standard agile requirements process and its
requirements engineering process varies from project to
project. Hence the requirements will not be collected in an
effective way [2].
In view of the fact that the stakeholders have the knowledge
about the system to be built hence stakeholder participation
can play a significant role in the current requirements
engineering work. In fact, in the previous studies, stakeholder
participation was appeared to be the one of key reasons for
project success, at the same time as the lack of stakeholder
participation was the key reason given for projects that faced
serious challenges or failed [14], [15] & [19].
C. Not suitable for Large-size projects
One of the major limitations of agile software approach is
that it is not suitable for large size and critical projects. It is
only suitable for small size projects with smaller team size.
The reason of this limitation is its ineffective requirements
engineering process. In an article, a professor of Carnegie
Mellon University, John Vu discusses his thoughts about agile
software development methodologies. According to their
experience and research agile software development
methodologies are suitable for small team of people working
on small size software development project. Professor John
Vu has managed a large number of projects using agile
software development approaches however he had better
success with Agile in small projects (with a team of less than
10 people) [22].
D. Documentation
Agile software development methodologies hardly have
complete and dependable requirements documentation.
Though, some agile software development methodologies
comprise a kind of documentation or suggest the adoption of a
requirements document (such as Scrum, DSDM, and Crystal)
however the decision of the key extend and contents is left to
the development team and not discussed thoroughly. Hence,
due to lack of documentation agile software development
process face long-term problems however lack of
documentation increases the speed of actual software
development. On the other hand, traditional software
requirements engineering process is heavily reliant on
documentation. In the traditional requirements engineering
process, this documentation is used for sharing knowledge
between different stakeholders. In fact, when a new team
member joins the team he may have several questions
regarding the project. In this scenario, the documentations can
answer his questions if he simply read through the entire
documents. Additionally, asking questions to other team
members will surely delay work, due to the time required to
clarify a large project. However, these long term problems are
reduced as agile methods often generate compact and clean
code [3], [13], [14] & [15].
In addition, the agile methods have a tendency to make a
mistake on the side of insufficient documentation on the other
hand, traditional requirement engineering process attempts to
generate an adequate amount of documentation that could
provide the answers most of the questions that a software
development team might need to ask in the future.
Additionally, the benefits and drawbacks of documentation
depend on team size. For instance, with a big team and project
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size, it is better to have proper documentation rather
than clarifying the same point a number of times to a number
of team members [3], [13], [14] & [15].
E. Non-functional Requirements
Agile software development methodologies do not
effectively deal with non-functional requirements. In this
scenario, systems users describing the system requirements
what they want the system to do usually do not take into
consideration associated non-functional requirements such as
maintainability, resources, safety, performance and portability.
In fact, in some cases non-functional requirements can be
related to functional requirements and are hard to explain.
However, the majority of non-functional requirements should
be identified in development for the reason that they can have
an effect on the selection of programming language, database
or operating system [14] & [15].
F. Requirements Management
Requirements management is the process of managing
changes to the software requirements [9]. Since agile software
development methodologies do not focus on appropriate
documentation hence it is difficult to keep track to changes in
requirements. Requirements management should be a formal
process but agile software development methodologies do not
follow it formally [14] & [15].
G. Time-Consuming
In view of the fact that agile software approach supports
change accommodation all the way through software
development process so the customer can ask for changes at
any stage and this process continues until the completion of
final product. However, it is a time-consuming process to
accommodate changes throughout the development and it
slows down the development process [14] & [15].
VII. Proposed Solution
We propose that if traditional requirements engineering
process is combined with agile software development
approach then these problems can be resolved. Basically, the
traditional requirements engineering process follows a formal
requirements management process. In this process,
requirements are collected, maintained and managed formally.
In fact, it also keeps track of required changes, changes to be
made, who made changes, etc. In addition, in case of large
projects there is a need for effective requirements management
process for which agile software development methodologies
do not seem perfect [14] & [15]. Though, adopting traditional
requirements engineering process formally can be costly or
can require additional resources however its some of the best
practices for instance if only the proper documentation is
adopted it can also improve the quality of agile software
development process and help deal with these issues.
The importance of proper documentation cannot be neglected
at any stage of software development. In fact, it serves as a
most important communication tool. For instance, in software
development firm one of the team members is unavailable or
is replaced by a new team member. In this scenario, a member
who came in place of previous member can begin working on
the particular item however he/she would not be capable of
relating it with any past work as well as their relationship with
other tasks. Though, some agile methodologies deal with this
situation by allowing other team members to dedicate some
more time in clarifying the new member regarding how tasks
have been carried out so far to help him understand the
software development process well. Additionally, some
members of agile family allow software development teams to
use feedback from prior experiences. However, these
approaches lack a segment, which could be used to support
present experiences in next similar software development
projects. One of the major drawbacks of agile approaches
(such as scrum) here is the absence of proper record
management. In other words, agile approaches are not
supportive for maintaining records on the subject of the
lessons learnt or experiences gained by the software
development teams and firms from the present development
project, with the intention that these data and information
could be used as feedback in coming software development
projects. Though the majority of software development firms
conduct Sprint retrospective meeting with the purpose of
identifying and analyzing well performed tasks as well as
issues faced during the sprint. However, even for this meeting
there is no appropriately documented record maintained that
can be used in coming projects [14], [15] & [21]. Without a
doubt, a large size project will have a large number of
problems and expectations so everything cannot be discussed
in a limited time meeting. There is need for the proper
documentation which could be used for communication
among different stakeholders. The problems and conflicts
occurred during these meetings should be effectively recoded
and documented for future discussion or projects.
Traditional requirements engineering process is a well
determined and documented approach which allows software
development firms to analyze other aspects for instance
requirement gathering and building an organization wide
design, which is helpful to software development team to
generally get knowledge about the system that has to be built.
While agile software development methodologies are not
capable of supporting their team members with the view of
system thinking. Basically, the idea of system thinking is that
a system should be considered as a whole instead of such
isolated entities which exist in a system [14], [15] & [21].
The research clearly shows that recording tasks and structures
and documenting them in an approved manner is essential to
increase the importance of software development tasks.
Though, there are a large number of reasons why
documentation should be done however two clearly reasons
for documentation are, understanding and communication.
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Traditional requirements engineering process is a
step by step approach in which documentation is believed to
be a most important aspect of requirements engineering
process. In this scenario, the basic purpose of creating and
maintaining this extensive documentation is to allow software
development team and other stakeholders to understand and
become familiar with the system and its organization and its
tasks [14], [15] & [21]. In fact, there are a large number of
stakeholders involved in large size projects. In this scenario, it
is difficult for software development team to establish a
mechanism for communication with all those stakeholders. If
proper documentation is adopted then these communication
problems of agile approach can be addressed effectively.
In software development environment, uncertainty is believed
to be one of the key challenges faced by the software
development firms as well as their team members for the
reason that this uncertainty in software environment influences
the capabilities of project managers to develop plan and carry
on, to build software products with its limitations and
boundaries and so on. In other words, this uncertainty
influences the success of the project. On the other hand, in
large size projects there would be more uncertainties. If a
software development firm has an effective mechanism for the
documentation of these uncertainties and solutions then these
documentations can be used in future projects as well. So the
documentation can save a lot of development time and cost. In
the same way, if documentation is produced in the approved
manner, consistently and completely, it can play a significant
role in the success of a project. As discussed above, this
research paper allows project stakeholders to deeply and
carefully study and understand a system, its elements and
relationships among these elements. The research also plays a
significant role in a number of cases and critical situations, for
instance historical direction and inline comments as well as
they are frequently fine enough to significantly support in
thorough maintenance work [14], [15] & [21]. In this scenario,
a customer needs not to stay with development team all the
time. Agile methods take into consideration only the
functional requirements on the other hand, traditional
requirements engineering process effectively deals with non-
functional requirements. In fact, traditional requirements
engineering process gives particular attention to every kind of
requirement.
One of the most important characteristics of agile software
development methodologies is that they support informal
communication among software development team and other
project stakeholders. As a result, there emerges a problem of
communication failure or gap for instance in form of adding a
new member into the development team, failure to scale the
software, dealing with complexity of software systems and
quickly changing requirements. In this scenario,
documentation can play a significant role in filling the
communication gap among project team members and other
stakeholders. Additionally, a successful communication
mechanism can help in increasing the understanding and
knowledge about the requirements and gaining response from
the customers. In addition, this method can also provide an
excellent support for establishing and maintaining
relationships among software development team and other
stakeholders. As a result, the cost and time required for the
software development can also be reduced. As a final point,
documentation is an excellent choice for communicating
information all the way through development and recording
information for future use [14], [15] & [21].
A number of researches have been conducted in an attempt to
combine agile software development approaches with other
approaches. In fact, these experiments have been proved to be
successful. However, there is no research in which complete
traditional requirements engineering process has been
combined with agile software development methodology.
Various researches have shown the combination of unified
modeling language (UML) and agile approach.
UML is a graphical tool widely used for describing, building,
and documenting a wide variety of artifacts produced all the
way through the software development life cycle. Without a
doubt, functionalities and features of complex and large-scale
software systems cannot be explained with text and words
only unless they are explained through diagrams by making
use of UML. In this scenario, system modeling provides
various benefits to system developers such as visualization,
unambiguous communication, easy understanding and
clarification of requirements. In fact, UML can be used with
all activities all the way through the software development
lifecycle as well as across different development tools [7] &
[9].
It is an admitted fact that agile methodologies have been
developed to support rapid development of high-quality code
hence they ignore various other aspects such as documentation
and system design [16]. However, in their paper (Paige,
Agarwal and Brooke) performs an experiment in which they
have used UML and agile collectively to complete a project.
This project involved the implementation of a health
information system. The results of this experiment clearly
demonstrated that modeling is essential, even though a project
is being managed through agile software development
methodologies. In this project, researchers have made use of
UML for capturing object interactions, use cases and simple
associations among classes. In addition, these models were
proved to be very useful in describing the system to the
customer [16].
In the same way, (Rumpe, 2010) also discuss similar concepts.
According to their viewpoint, the integration of UML
approach into agile software development approach makes the
development project all the more resourceful. In addition,
through the abstractness of the platform independent models,
these models are more compact and can more easily be
written, read and understood than code. Additionally, UML
also presents an excellent support for state-of-the-art
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documentation even much better than code along
with proper commenting does [17].
According to (Huang et al., 2010) the combination of UML
and agile methodology can make the software development
process more effective. In addition, the combination of UML
and agile methodology brings the benefit of readability, speed
and modifiability [5] & [6].
Moreover, in agile development methodology, the
development is focused on developing high quality products.
On the other hand, low quality can have a serious impact on
the development of new features, team confidence, and drown
the reputation of a firm in bug triage, reporting, and fixing,
documenting, regressing, and forward fixing. In this scenario,
the development of a high quality product can be ensured
through the development of high quality design for the reason
that a high quality design is the artifact that can be used for
effective communication with other team members on the
subject of design issues. In this scenario, one of the best
languages for this communication is UML. In fact, text or just
word-based methods for communication about design are
time-consuming and cause to experience interpretation errors.
In this scenario, high performing agile teams should make use
of graphical diagrams to share their work. It also gives
complete clarification of requirements. (McKenna, 2009)
believe that agile development team should make use of UML
to communicate their work [11].
VIII. Discussion
From the above discussion, we concentrate less on which
components should be chosen, and much more on how the
selected components can be made to work together effectively.
Whether a chosen approach to component interaction is
appropriate in a given context will depend on many
overlapping factors: the needs of the organization in question,
the available resources, and so forth. However, it is clear that
when the mixture of one or two traditional practices with agile
can bring so many positive improvements to software
development projects and the capabilities of software
development project teams then the adoption of complete
traditional requirements engineering process will surely bring
benefits to software industry. We can clearly see that the
traditional requirements engineering process effectively deals
with the problems of agile software development
methodologies. For instance, agile software development
approach does not adopt documentation formally and it is the
root cause of many problems. The adoption of proper
documentation can help improve the communication and
coordination among project team members and other
stakeholders. This paper can also present an excellent support
for requirements management. In view of the fact that in large
size projects there can emerge a large number of changes, for
which agile software development approach is not suitable. In
this scenario, traditional requirements engineering process can
deal with the problems of large size projects even if it is
combined with agile software development methodologies.
IX. Future Work
The accurate method to prove this approach is an
experiment that would be conducted on two projects running
in parallel. We can prove our claim by applying this theory on
two large size projects running in parallel. One project will be
completed through pure agile approach while in other project
we will follow the mixture of traditional requirements
engineering process and agile approach. We will then compare
the results of both the experiments.
X. Conclusion
In this research paper, a detailed assessment of related
factors and constraints is necessary to determine the CASE
environment most suited to the problem at hand. From this
research paper, we presented a claim and that is, the
combination of traditional requirements engineering process
and agile software development manifesto can help software
development organizations deal with the problems of agile
approach. In fact, it can improve the capabilities of agile
approach. The concept is new and we found no studies which
have already shown the adoption of mixture of traditional
requirements engineering process and agile approach.
However, there are many researches which show the
comparison between traditional requirements engineering
process and agile requirements activities. However, the
research shows no standard agile requirements engineering
process. Software development firms and teams tailor and
adopt some activities of traditional software requirements
engineering process to collect requirements in agile process.
The literature shows some mixture of individual practices with
agile approach. The literature shows advantages of proper
documentation for agile process. Some researchers have also
shown the integration of UML and agile approach. In short
UML is a very power full tool for developing a system starting
from actual business model towards the final goal
implementing the problem in different UML diagrams. The
system developed through modeling is better to understand
and analyze and risk factors can be avoided. This mixture has
been proved to be successful. So the mixture of traditional
requirements and agile software methodologies can improve
the effectiveness of agile approach.
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BIOGRAPHIES
Ali Tariq Bhatti received his Associate degree in
Information System Security (Highest Honors) from
Rockingham Community College, NC USA, B.Sc.
in Software engineering (Honors) from UET Taxila,
Pakistan, M.Sc in Electrical engineering (Honors)
from North Carolina A&T State University, NC
USA, and currently pursuing PhD in Electrical
engineering from North Carolina A&T State
University. Working as a researcher in campus and
working off-campus too. His area of interests and
current research includes Coding Algorithm,
Networking Security, Mobile Telecommunication,
Biosensors, Genetic Algorithm, Swarm Algorithm,
Health, Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, Control
system, Power, Software development, Software
Quality Assurance, Communication, and Signal
Processing. For more information, contact Ali
Tariq Bhatti at ali_tariq302@hotmail.com.