An evaluation of the degree of agility in six agile methods and its applicability for method engineering

• Autores: A. Qumer, B. Henderson-Sellers
• Localización: Information and software technology, ISSN 0950-5849, Vol. 50, Nº 4, 2008, págs. 280-295
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • While agile methods are in use in industry, little research has been undertaken into what is meant by agility and how a supposed agile method can be evaluated with regard to its veracity to belong to this category of software development methodological approaches. Here, an analytical framework, called 4-DAT, is developed and applied to six well-known agile methods and, for comparison, two traditional methods. The results indicate the degree of agility to be found in each method, from which a judgement can be made as to whether the appellation of �agile� to that method is appropriate. This information is shown to be useful, for example, when constructing a methodology from method fragments (method engineering) and when comparing agile and traditional methods.