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Adoption and Suitability of Software Development Methods and Practices

Sherlock Licorish, Johannes Holvitie, Sami Hyrynsalmi, Ville Leppänen, Rodrigo Spinola, Thiago Mendes, Stephen MacDonell, Jim Buchan, Adoption and Suitability of Software Development Methods and Practices. In: Alex Potanin, Gail Murphy, Steve Reeves, Jens Dietrich (Eds.), 2016 23rd Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC 2016), 369–372, IEEE, 2016.

Abstract:

In seeking to complement consultants’ and tool vendors’ reports, there has been an increasing academic focus on understanding the adoption and use of software development methods and practices. We surveyed practitioners working in Brazil, Finland, and New Zealand in a transnational study to contribute to these efforts. Among our findings we observed that most of the 184 practitioners in our sample focused on a small portfolio of projects that were of short duration. In addition, Scrum and Kanban were used most; however, some practitioners also used conventional methods. Coding Standards, Simple Design and Refactoring were used most by practitioners, and these practices were held to be largely suitable for project and process management. Our evidence points to the need to properly understand and support a wide range of software methods.

BibTeX entry:

@INPROCEEDINGS{inpLiHoHyLeSpMeMaBu16a,
  title = {Adoption and Suitability of Software Development Methods and Practices},
  booktitle = {2016 23rd Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC 2016)},
  author = {Licorish, Sherlock and Holvitie, Johannes and Hyrynsalmi, Sami and Leppänen, Ville and Spinola, Rodrigo and Mendes, Thiago and MacDonell, Stephen and Buchan, Jim},
  editor = {Potanin, Alex and Murphy, Gail and Reeves, Steve and Dietrich, Jens},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  pages = {369–372},
  year = {2016},
  ISSN = {1530-1362},
}

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