DocumentCode :
2180570
Title :
How agile COTS selection methods are (and can be)?
Author :
Navarrete, Fredy ; Botella, Pere ; Franch, Xavier
Author_Institution :
Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
fYear :
2005
fDate :
30 Aug.-3 Sept. 2005
Firstpage :
160
Lastpage :
167
Abstract :
Agile methods are proposed nowadays as a way to support software systems procurement. Most of the existing proposals such as eXtreme programming or scrum seem to conceive software procurement as an exercise of software development. However, a great deal of software systems are commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)-based systems, in which the focus changes from bespoke software development to COTS selection and integration. Many proposals for COTS selection have been issued and therefore one may wonder how do they behave from the agile point of view. In this paper, we study the agile principles in the context of COTS selection and we analyze some of the most widespread existing methods. As a result, we identify some practices that would help in making COTS selection processes more agile.
Keywords :
software engineering; software packages; software selection; agile COTS selection; commercial off-the-shelf systems; extreme programming; software development; software systems procurement; Contracts; Job production systems; Procurement; Programming profession; Proposals; Software engineering; Software packages; Software reusability; Software systems; Writing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, 2005. 31st EUROMICRO Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2431-1
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/EUROMICRO.2005.29
Filename :
1517739
Link To Document :
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