CSDL - Proceedings A

Organizing Committee (PDF)

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RESEARCH PAPERS

Agile 2007 Research Papers (PDF)

Grigori Melnik, University of Calgary, Canada

Philippe Kruchten, University of British Columbia, Canada

pp. 2-3

Empirical Evaluation of TDD

On the Sustained Use of a Test-Driven Development Practice at IBM (Abstract)

Julio Cesar Sanchez, IBM Corporation

Laurie Williams, North Carolina State University

E. Michael Maximilien, IBM Corporation

pp. 5-14

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Automated Recognition of Test-Driven Development with Zorro (Abstract)

Philip M. Johnson, University of Hawaii

Hongbing Kou, University of Hawaii

pp. 15-25

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Social Aspects of Agile Teams

The Social Nature of Agile Teams (Abstract)

Elizabeth Whitworth, Carleton University

Robert Biddle, Carleton University

pp. 26-36

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Does the XP environment meet the motivational needs of the software developer? An empirical study (Abstract)

Sarah Beecham, University of Hertfordshire, UK

Helen Sharp, The Open University, Walton Hall, MK7 6AA, UK

Nathan Baddoo, University of Hertfordshire, UK

Tracy Hall, University of Hertfordshire, UK

Hugh Robinson, University of Hertfordshire, UK

pp. 37-49

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Agile Usability

Agile Development Iterations and UI Design (Abstract)

Jennifer Ferreira, Victoria University of Wellington

James Noble, Victoria University of Wellington

Robert Biddle, Carleton University

pp. 50-58

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Towards Extreme(ly) Usable Software: Exploring Tensions Between Usability and Agile Software Development (Abstract)

Jason Chong Lee, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

D. Scott McCrickard, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

pp. 59-71

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Impact of Agile Practices

The Relationship between Customer Collaboration and Software Project Overruns (Abstract)

Kjetil Molokken-Ostvold, Simula Research Laboratory, P.O.Box 134, 1325 Lysaker, Norway

Kristian Marius Furulund, University of Oslo, P.O.Box 1080 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway

pp. 72-83

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"Talking the talk": Is intermediate-level conversation the key to the pair programming success story? (Abstract)

S. (n?e Bryant) Freudenberg, University of Sussex

P. Romero, University of Sussex

B. du Boulay, University of Sussex

pp. 84-91

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The Role of Incremental Change in Agile Software Processes (Abstract)

Neal Febbraro, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

V?clav Rajlich, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

pp. 92-103

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EDUCATORS SYMPOSIUM PAPERS

Welcome to the Agile 2007 Educators Symposium. (PDF)

pp. 104

Teaching Agile Methods in the Classroom

Experiences Using Automated 4ests and 4est Driven Development in Computer 9cience I (Abstract)

Carol A. Wellington, Shippensburg University

Thomas H. Briggs, Shippensburg University

C. Dudley Girard, Shippensburg University

pp. 106-112

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The Value of Agile in Experiential Learning of Software Development (Abstract)

Cyril M. Coupal, University of Saskatchewan

Kelvin Boechler, SIAST Kelsey Campus

pp. 113-120

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Becoming Agile using Service Learning in the Software Engineering Course (Abstract)

Brian Hanks, Fort Lewis College

pp. 121-127

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EXPERIENCE REPORTS

Introduction: Experience Reports (PDF)

pp. 128

Adoption Stories - Part 1

Consciously Evolving an Agile Team (Abstract)

Aaron Ruhnow, iLevel, by Weyerhaeuser

pp. 130-135

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Large Scale Agile Transformation in an On-Demand World (Abstract)

Chris Fry, Salesforce.com

Steve Greene, Salesforce.com

pp. 136-142

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Agile ERP: "You don?t know what you've got 'till it's gone!" (Abstract)

Gerard Meszaros, clearStream Consulting

Janice Aston, Canadian Pacific

pp. 143-149

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Agile Architecture Challenges

Evolving into Embedded Develop (Abstract)

Matt Fletcher, Atomic Object, LLC

William Bereza, Atomic Object, LLC

Mike Karlesky, Atomic Object, LLC

Greg Williams, Atomic Object, LLC

pp. 150-155

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Traveling the Open Road: Using Open Source Practices to Transform Our Organization (Abstract)

Phillip Smith, Specialist Consultant - DTE Energy

Chris Garber-Brown, IT Manager - DTE Energy

pp. 156-161

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Agile Architecture - Changing Application Servers (Abstract)

Veljko Krunic, Rally Software Development

pp. 162-168

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Building Trust with Collaboration

Overcoming Fear with Trust (Abstract)

Brian Button, Asynchrony Solutions, Inc.

pp. 169-174

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Scrum at a Fortune 500 Manufacturing Company (Abstract)

Richard Moore, 3M Company

Kelly Reff, 3M Company

James Graham, 3M Company

Brian Hackerson, 3M Company

pp. 175-180

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Greater successes by using Agile Techniques closer to the light bulb moment (Abstract)

Alan Armitage, BT

Peter Wisniewski, BT

Alan de-Ste-Croix, BT

pp. 181-193

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Agile PMO

Establishing the Agile PMO: Managing variability across Projects and Portfolios (Abstract)

Ash Tengshe, Capital One Auto Finance

Scott Noble, Capital One Auto Finance

pp. 188-193

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Agile Program Management: Lessons Learned from the VeriSign Managed Security Services Team (Abstract)

Peter Hodgkins, VeriSign, Inc.

Luke Hohmann, Enthiosys, Inc.

pp. 194-199

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Enabling Agile in a Large Organization Our Journey Down the Yellow Brick Road (Abstract)

Thomas R. Seffernick, KeyCorp Key Technology Services

pp. 200-206

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Open Workspaces

Common Areas At The Heart (Abstract)

George Dinwiddie, iDIA Computing, LLC

pp. 207-211

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On Rabbits, Space and Cards: Moving Towards an InformativeWorkspace (Abstract)

Johanna Hunt, Future Platforms Ltd. Brighton, UK

Tom Hume, Future Platforms Ltd. Brighton, UK

Devi Lozdan, Future Platforms Ltd. Brighton, UK

pp. 212-217

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Death of the Cubicle; the Open Office Experiment (Abstract)

Matt Plante, Medtronic, Inc.

pp. 218-224

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Growing People and Teams

The Growth of an Agile Coach Community at a Fortune 200 Company (Abstract)

Kara Silva, Capital One Financial Corporation

Chris Doss, Capital One Financial Corporation

pp. 225-228

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The Rollercoaster of Required Agile Transition (Abstract)

Rich Jochems, Progressive Insurance

Shane Rodgers, Progressive Insurance

pp. 229-233

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XP and Junior Developers: 7 Mistakes (and how to avoid them) (Abstract)

Richard Lawrence, Avanade

pp. 234-239

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Adoption Stories - Part 2

GET YOUR AGILE FREAK ON! Agile Adoption at Yahoo! Music (Abstract)

Gordon Cloke, Yahoo! Music

pp. 240-248

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Agile: Adopting a New Methodology at Harvard Business School (Abstract)

Susan Borges, Harvard Business School

Jennifer Gilmore, Harvard Business School

Sarah Edrie Oliveira, Harvard Business School

pp. 249-254

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Successful Integration of Agile Development Techniques within DISA (Abstract)

Sean Cohan, Pragmatics, Inc

pp. 255-261

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Process Improvement

ISO 9001 and Agile Development (Abstract)

Bill McMichael, Primavera Systems, Inc.

Marc Lombardi, RCG Information Technology

pp. 262-265

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The Agile Maturity Map A Goal Oriented Approach to Agile Improvement (Abstract)

Jay Packlick, Sabre Airline Solutions, TX

pp. 266-271

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Scrum and CMMI Level 5: The Magic Potion for Code Warriors (Abstract)

Jeff Sutherland, Patientkeeper Inc.

Carsten Ruseng Jakobsen, Systematic Software Engineering

Kent Johnson, AgileDigm Inc.

pp. 272-278

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Supporting the Product Owner

A Strategy for Balancing Business Value and Story Size (Abstract)

Hai Ton, ThoughtWorks

pp. 279-284

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The UCD Perspective: Before and After Agile (Abstract)

Heather Williams, Elsevier, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Andrew Ferguson, Elsevier, Inc., Dayton, Ohio

pp. 285-290

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From Waterfall to Agile - How does a QA Team Transition? (Abstract)

Megan, Misys Healthcare Systems

pp. 291-295

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Scaling Up

Managing a Large "Agile" Software Engineering Organization (Abstract)

Paul A. Beavers, BMC Software

pp. 296-303

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Agility and the Inconceivably Large (Abstract)

Ade Miller

Eric Carter

pp. 304-308

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Scaling Agile Methodologies for Developing a Production Accounting System for the Oil & Gas Industry (Abstract)

Harprit Grewal, CGI

Frank Maurer, University of Calgary

pp. 309-315

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Product Ownership

Ript: Innovation and Collective Product Ownership (Abstract)

Ken H. Judy, Oxygen Media

Ilio Krumins-Beens, Oxygen Media

pp. 316-

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Less, Never More: Launching a Product with Critical Features and Nothing More (Abstract)

Scott A. Gatz, Yahoo!

Gabrielle Benefield, Yahoo!

pp. 324-327

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Scaling Product Ownership (Abstract)

Mike Lowery, British Broadcasting Corporation

Marcus Evans, British Broadcasting Corporation

pp. 328-333

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Business and Technical People Working Together

How We Made Onsite Customer Work - An Extreme Success Story (Abstract)

Michelle Williams, Sabre Airline Solutions

Jay Packlick, Sabre Airline Solutions

Rajeev Bellubbi, Sabre Airline Solutions

Scott Coburn, Sabre Airline Solutions

pp. 334-338

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A Technical Story (Abstract)

Nick Robinson, Lab49

pp. 339-343

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Octopus : Agile software development facing our imperfect world (Abstract)

Eric Groise, Octopus Micro Finance Suite - OCTO Technology

Nicolas Mangin, Octopus Micro Finance Suite - OCTO Technology

pp. 344-350

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Technical Stories

Performance Testing on an Agile Project (Abstract)

Jamie Dobson, Dobson Coaching and Consulting

pp. 351-358

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Large Build Teams: Help or Hindrance? (Abstract)

Julian Simpson, ThoughtWorks Berkshire House, London, UK

Shane Duan, Guidewire Software, Inc.

pp. 359-364

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Push to Pull: How Lean Concepts Improve a Data Migration (Abstract)

Rand Bradley, Projectway, LLC

pp. 365-370

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Distributed Agile

Implementing Scrum in a Distributed Software Development Organization (Abstract)

Hubert Smits, Rally Software Development

Guy Pshigoda, BMC Software

pp. 371-375

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Experience Report 'Offshore XP for PDA development' (Abstract)

Sergei Andrzeevski, Project Manager in StarSoft Development Labs

pp. 376-381

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Back to Basics: The Role of Agile Principles in Success with an Distributed Scrum Team (Abstract)

Steve Berczuk, FAST

pp. 382-388

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Release Management

Over the Waterfall in a Barrel - MSIT Adventures in Scrum (Abstract)

Jeanne Lewis, Microsoft Corporation

Kevin Neher, Microsoft Corporation

pp. 389-394

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Transforming a Six Month Release Cycle to Continuous Flow (Abstract)

Matthias Marschall, conject AG

pp. 395-400

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Growing a Build Management System from Seed (Abstract)

Narti Kitiyakara, Digital Focus, Inc.

Joseph Graves, Fund Development Services

pp. 401-407

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Team Dynamics

Forming to Performing: The Evolution of an Agile Team (Abstract)

Darren Rowley, First Data Utilities

Manfred Lange, First Data Utilities

pp. 408-414

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Leadership

Agile Principles as a Leadership Value System: How Agile Memes Survive and Thrive in a Corporate IT Culture (Abstract)

Steven W. Baker, Software Methodologist, DTE Energy

Joseph C. Thomas, Program Manager, DTE Energy

pp. 415-420

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Author Index

Author Index (PDF)

pp. 421