Agile Development Methodologies: Are they suitable for developing Decision Support Systems

Author

Gharaibeh, Natheer ; Abu-Soud, Saleh M. ; Bdour, Wafa ; Gharaibeh, Islah

Author_Institution

Albalqa Appl. Univ., Jordan

fYear

2009

fDate

4-6 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

84

Lastpage

89

Abstract

Recently, agile software development methodologies have received considerable attention from practitioners. One of the reasons seems to be that agile methods, to some degree, can be adaptable to different situations. However, as of yet there are no studies examining the suitability of agile methodologies for some kinds of information systems such as DSS. As DSS has a more specific nature (its core concept) than any other system, we need a suitable Software Development Methodology that copes with the significant characteristics of such systems. In this paper we will preview the development methodologies used in building DSS, compare between software development methodologies according to their suitability for building DSS, present the characteristics of DSS development methodology, and propose a new development methodology.

Keywords

decision support systems; software prototyping; DSS; agile software development methodologies; decision support systems; Application software; Appropriate technology; Artificial intelligence; Decision making; Decision support systems; Information systems; Knowledge management; Power system management; Programming; Software engineering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies, 2009. ICADIWT '09. Second International Conference on the

Conference_Location

London

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4456-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4457-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICADIWT.2009.5273971

Filename

5273971