Visualization and scheduling of non-functional requirements for agile processes

Agile software development and project management methodologies, such as Scrum and Extreme Programming, have become very popular in quickly delivering quality Functional Requirements (FRs). However, agile project management methodologies have not adequately captured planning and visualization activities for crosscutting concerns and non-functional requirements in agile practices. This research proposes a planning and visualization framework that would be used to schedule software non-functional requirements implementations while utilizing agile software development and project management agile techniques. The approach is validated through visual simulation and a case study. Results showed that utilizing a risk-driven agile planning approach that involve non-functional requirements resulted in shortening the project schedule by one to two months over a traditional “Highest-Business-Value-First” agile scheduling technique.