DocumentCode
1964681
Title
Refactoring the development process: experiences with the incremental adoption of agile practices
Author
Hodgetts, Paul
fYear
2004
fDate
22-26 June 2004
Firstpage
106
Lastpage
113
Abstract
The goal of many current process improvement efforts is to become more agile by adopting an agile process. However, the results of several recent projects suggest that when attempting to become more agile, adopting an agile process is exactly the wrong thing to do! In this experience report, the author discuss his failures with wholesale process adoption and his successes using an incremental adoption strategy based on metric- and retrospection-driven feedback. Similar to refactoring practices for design and code, this strategy identifies "process smells," and targets the worst of them with specific agile practices drawn from several popular agile processes.
Keywords
project management; software process improvement; team working; wholesale data processing; agile process; incremental adoption strategy; process smells; refactoring practices; retrospection-driven feedback; wholesale process adoption; Control systems; Electronic commerce; Feedback; Internet; Logic; Management training; Manufacturing; Personnel; Quality assurance; Quality management;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Agile Development Conference, 2004
Print_ISBN
0-7695-2248-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ADEVC.2004.17
Filename
1359803
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