CSDL - Proceedings A

Research Papers Program Committee (PDF)

pp. xi

Additional Reviewers (PDF)

pp. xii

Experience Report Committee (PDF)

pp. xiii

Educator's Symposium Committee (PDF)

pp. xiv

Agile 2006 Research Papers (PDF)

Frank Maurer, University of Calgary, Canada

Grigori Melnik, University of Calgary, Canada

pp. 3

Agile Value and Estimation

AgileEVM - Earned Value Management in Scrum Projects (Abstract)

Tamara Sulaiman, SolutionsIQ

Brent Barton, SolutionsIQ

Thomas Blackburn, InfoTech, Inc.

pp. 7-16

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Earned Value and Agile Reporting (Abstract)

Anthony Cabri, Quadrus Development Inc.

Mike Griffiths, Quadrus Development Inc.

pp. 17-22

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An Empirical Study of Using Planning Poker for User Story Estimation (Abstract)

Nils C. Haugen, Objectnet as, Norway

pp. 23-34

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Test-Based Specifications and Refactoring

Executable Acceptance Tests for Communicating Business Requirements: Customer Perspective (Abstract)

Grigori Melnik, University of Calgary, Canada

Frank Maurer, University of Calgary, Canada

Mike Chiasson, Lancaster University, UK

pp. 35-46

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On Agile Performance Requirements Specification and Testing (Abstract)

Chih-Wei Ho, North Carolina State University

Michael J. Johnson, IBM Corporation

Laurie Williams, North Carolina State University

E. Michael Maximilien, IBM Corporation

pp. 47-52

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Refactoring with Contracts (Abstract)

Maayan Goldstein, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Yishai A. Feldman, The Interdisciplinary Center, Israel

Shmuel Tyszberowicz, The Academic College of Tel Aviv Yaffo, Israel

pp. 53-64

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Cognitive Aspects of Customer Communication

The Role of Story Cards and the Wall in XP teams: A Distributed Cognition Perspective (Abstract)

Helen Sharp, The Open University, UK

Hugh Robinson, The Open University, UK

Judith Segal, The Open University, UK

Dominic Furniss, University College London, UK

pp. 65-75

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A Case Study on the Impact of Customer Communication on Defects in Agile Software Development. (Abstract)

Mikko Korkala, University of Oulu, Finland

Pekka Abrahamsson, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland

Pekka Kyllönen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland

pp. 76-88

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Reflections on Agile Approaches

Critical Personality Traits in Successful Pair Programming (Abstract)

Joseph Chao, Bowling Green State University, USA

Gulgunes Atli, Bowling Green State University, USA

pp. 89-93

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What Lessons Can the Agile Community Learn from A Maverick Fighter Pilot? (Abstract)

Steve Adolph, University of British Columbia, Canada

pp. 94-99

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Reflections on Reflection in Agile Software Development (Abstract)

David Talby, MAMDAS, Israel

Orit Hazzan, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

Yael Dubinsky, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

Arie Keren, MAMDAS, Israel

pp. 100-112

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Agile Stories

The Deployment Production Line (Abstract)

Jez Humble, ThoughtWorks Limited

Chris Read, ThoughtWorks Limited

Dan North, ThoughtWorks Limited

pp. 113-118

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The Cost of Code Quality (Abstract)

Yuri Khramov, Apple Computer Inc.

pp. 119-125

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Appropriate Agile Measurement: Using Metrics and Diagnostics to Deliver Business Value (Abstract)

Deborah Hartmann, Agile, USA

Robin Dymond, Agile, USA

pp. 126-134

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Introduction: Experience Reports (PDF)

James Shore, Titanium I.T.

pp. 135

Depth of Experience

The Agile Marathon (Abstract)

Bob Schatz, Solstice Software

Ibrahim Abdelshafi, Primavera Systems

pp. 139-146

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Formalizing Agility, Part 2: How an Agile Organization Embraced the CMMI (Abstract)

Steven W. Baker, DTE Energy

pp. 147-154

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A Tale of Two Projects (Abstract)

Rod Coffin, Valtech

pp. 155-164

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Planning

The Pairing Session as the Atomic Unit of Work (Abstract)

Troy Frever, Smilebox, Inc.

Paul Ingalls, Smilebox, Inc.

pp. 165-169

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Multiple Simultaneous Projects with One eXtreme Programming Team (Abstract)

Jason Nocks, SourceXtreme, Inc., USA

pp. 170-174

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Value Based Extreme Programming (Abstract)

Monica Yap, WDSGlobal, USA

pp. 175-184

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Large Companies

Ssh! We Are Adding a Process... (Abstract)

Mark Striebeck, Google Inc.

pp. 185-193

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Agile Coaching in British Telecom: Making Strawberry Jam (Abstract)

Sean Hanly, Exoftware

Laura Waite, Exoftware

Linsley Meadows, British Telecom

Roger Leaton, British Telecom

pp. 194-202

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Something to Believe In (Abstract)

Jeff Honious, Reed Elsevier, plc

Jonathan Clark, Elsevier, Inc.

pp. 203-212

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Change Agency

What Are We Arguing About? A Framework for Defining Agile in our Organization (Abstract)

Kelly Weyrauch, Medtronic, Inc

pp. 213-220

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Trouble in Paradise: the Open Source Project PyPy, EU-Funding and Agile Practices (Abstract)

Beatrice During, ChangeMaker

pp. 221-231

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Introducing Lean Principles with Agile Practices at a Fortune 500 Company (Abstract)

Emma Parnell-Klabo, Capital One Financial Services

pp. 232-242

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Guerilla Agile

T3 - Tool for Monitoring Agile Development (Abstract)

Valerie Trapa, Avaya Communications, Inc.

Santhpur Rao, Avaya Communications, Inc.

pp. 243-248

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Optimizing Major Release Frequency Using Agile Practices (Abstract)

Mara Yale, The MathWorks, Inc.

pp. 249-254

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Three-Way Cultural Change Introducing Agile within Two Non-Agile Companies and a Non-Agile Methodology (Abstract)

Richard Lawrence, Avanade Inc.

Blas Yslas, Avanade Inc.

pp. 255-262

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Developer Practices

Adventures in Promiscuous Pairing: Seeking Beginner's Mind (Abstract)

Mitch Lacey, Microsoft Corporation

pp. 263-269

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Automating Functional Tests Using Selenium (Abstract)

Antawan Holmes, Digital Focus

Marc Kellogg, Digital Focus

pp. 270-275

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Presenter First: Organizing Complex GUI Applications for Test-Driven Development (Abstract)

Micah Alles, Atomic Object

David Crosby, Atomic Object

Carl Erickson, Atomic Object

Brian Harleton, X-Rite

Michael Marsiglia, X-Rite

Greg Pattison, Burke Porter Machinery

Curt Stienstra, Burke Porter Machinery

pp. 276-288

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Whole Team

Adding Usability Testing to an Agile Project (Abstract)

Gerard Meszaros, clearStream Consulting

Janice Aston, Canadian Pacific Railway

pp. 289-294

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A Tale of Two Writing Teams (Abstract)

Stacia Heimgartner, Rally Software Development Corp.

Melody Locke, BMC Software, Inc.

pp. 295-304

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How Not to Do Agile Testing (Abstract)

Michael Puleio, Microsoft Corporation

pp. 305-314

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Distributing/Scaling

How BMC is Scaling Agile Development (Abstract)

Israel Gat, BMC Software, USA

pp. 315-320

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Lessons Learned from an eXtremely Distributed Project (Abstract)

Ben Hogan, ThoughtWorks, Australia

pp. 321-326

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Offshore Agile Maintenance (Abstract)

Naresh Jain, ThoughtWorks

pp. 327-336

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Learning Agile

Agile Project Initiation Techniques - The Inception Deck and Boot Camp (Abstract)

Jonathan Rasmusson, ThoughtWorks Australia Pty Ltd, Australia

pp. 337-341

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A Self Funding Agile Transformation (Abstract)

Daniel Poon, Romax Technology Ltd

pp. 342-350

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Embedded Agile Project by the Numbers With Newbies (Abstract)

Nancy Van Schooenderwoert, Agile Rules

pp. 351-366

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Agile Value

Using an Agile Approach in a Large, Traditional Organization (Abstract)

Dot Tudor, TCC

George A. Walter, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.

pp. 367-373

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Educator's Symposium

Educators' Symposium Overview (PDF)

Joseph Chao, Bowling Green State University, USA

pp. 383

Extreme Construction: Making Agile Accessible (Abstract)

Joseph Bergin, Pace University, USA

Fred Grossman, Pace University, USA

pp. 384-389

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Forming Successful eXtreme Programming Teams (Abstract)

Alan Gray, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Andrew Jackson, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Ioanna Stamouli, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Shiu Lun Tsang, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

pp. 390-399

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The Impact of Agility on a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science (Abstract)

Carol Wellington, Shippensburg University

Thomas Briggs, Shippensburg University

C. Dudley Girard, Shippensburg University

pp. 400-404

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Using Agile Management to Share Course Projects Among Multiple Classes (Abstract)

Michael Wainer, Southern Illinois University, USA

pp. 405-410

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Examining the Compatibility of Student Pair Programmers (Abstract)

Laurie Williams, North Carolina State University, USA

Lucas Layman, North Carolina State University, USA

Jason Osborne, North Carolina State University, USA

Neha Katira, Micromass Communications, USA

pp. 411-420

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Teaching Agile - Agile Teaching: Creating a Holistic Learning Environment (PDF)

Fred Grossman, Pace University

Joe Bergin, Pace University

Rinaldo DiGiorgio, Sun Microsystems

pp. 421-422

Give It Your Best Shot: Favorite Lectures from Agile Teachers (PDF)

Joseph Chao, Bowling Green State University

Gary Pollice, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

pp. 423

Author Index

Author Index (PDF)

pp. 425