Title :
Moving from Waterfall to Agile
Author :
Sureshchandra, Kalpana ; Shrinivasavadhani, Jagadish
Author_Institution :
Wipro Technol., Bangalore
Abstract :
In a crisis ridden business environment, customers have become very averse to surprises. Business windows have become smaller; there is a heightened need for shorter development cycles and higher visibility. All this is translating into more and more customers specifically asking for agile. Service organizations such as Wipro Technologies need to adopt lean and agile methodologies to support the transition. As agile coaches, the biggest challenge we face is in transitioning the mindset of the team from that of a waterfall model to an agile thought pattern. Our experience in converting a waterfall team to agile is shared in this report.
Keywords :
organisational aspects; software development management; Wipro Technologies; agile methodologies; crisis ridden business environment; development cycles; service organizations; Automatic testing; Command and control systems; Computer peripherals; Delay; Design automation; Feedback; Production systems; Project management; Waterfall-Agile Transition;
Conference_Titel :
Agile, 2008. AGILE '08. Conference
Conference_Location :
Toronto, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3321-6
DOI :
10.1109/Agile.2008.49