Title :
There has to be a better way! [software development]
Author_Institution :
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA
Abstract :
This is a story about how we influenced an organization developing class III medical device systems and software to adopt agile software development practices. Our story describes our frustrations with waterfall and plan based methods, how we came to be interested in agile and why, and how we facilitated the necessary changes. Finally, our story talks about surveys of our development teams that exhibit powerful evidence that we may actually be on the path to a "better way".
Keywords :
software engineering; agile software development practice; class III medical device system; software development team; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical monitoring; Computer architecture; Education; Engineering profession; Pacemakers; Programming; Software systems; Strontium; Uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
Agile Conference, 2005. Proceedings
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2487-7
DOI :
10.1109/ADC.2005.47
