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A More Agile Approach to Embedded System Development
May/June 2009 (vol. 26 no. 3)
pp. 50-57
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Michael Smith, James Miller, Lily Huang, Albert Tran, "A More Agile Approach to Embedded System Development," IEEE Software, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 50-57, May/June, 2009.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MS.2009.57,
author = {Michael Smith and James Miller and Lily Huang and Albert Tran},
title = {A More Agile Approach to Embedded System Development},
journal ={IEEE Software},
volume = {26},
number = {3},
issn = {0740-7459},
year = {2009},
pages = {50-57},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2009.57},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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JO - IEEE Software
TI - A More Agile Approach to Embedded System Development
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KW - embedded systems
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Michael Smith, University of Calgary
James Miller, University of Alberta
Lily Huang, NovATel
Albert Tran, DirectVoxx
Given the plethora of advantages attributed to agile methodologies, why are there only infrequent reports of their application in the embedded systems world? We believe this has two principal causes. First, embedded applications go through a life cycle that differs from desktop life cycles, so that desktop application production processes must be significantly altered to meet the demands of this new domain. Second, without providing for full life-cycle tool support, no change to embedded production processes will ever succeed, and again desktop tools must be adapted to meet the new environment's constraints. Here, the authors discuss their thoughts on an XP-inspired embedded life cycle and their successes in developing, extending, and using embedded test-driven development frameworks for customers (Matlab-Fit and Embedded-FitNesse) and developers (MUnit and Embedded-Unit).

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Index Terms:
embedded systems, agile methods, test-driven development, tool support
Citation:
Michael Smith, James Miller, Lily Huang, Albert Tran, "A More Agile Approach to Embedded System Development," IEEE Software, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 50-57, May-June 2009, doi:10.1109/MS.2009.57
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