Case 1: Jharna Software: The move to Agile methods January 20‚ 2009 Background & Problem Identification Jharna Software is a software company located in India that was established in 1992‚ with a focus on IT services for the banking and finance sector. Its offerings include e-commerce solutions‚ networking solutions‚ offshore services‚ applications development‚ enterprise resource planning‚ customer relationship management (CRM)‚ e-CRM and business process outsourcing. Jharna received awards
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Jharna Software: The Move To Agile Methods 1. Create a process map of the software development process described in the Jharna Software case. As we discussed in class‚ there are many methods available for process mapping. You may use any conventions that you choose. What characteristics of the process is it important to represent? Why? Ans) Process Map: Attached Appendix 1 With the help of the process map it is easy to understand how the process and the project work is divided in India
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Microsoft". 2. What are the similarities and differences between the four approaches to product development? What drives these differences? Type Netscape Yahoo Net Dynamic Microsoft Development Methodology RAD Phased Agile RAD Prototype Agile RAD Throwaway Prototype Waterfall RUP SDLC Approach (BA/Interactive design) Interactive design -Goal oriented Interactive design -Goal oriented Interactive design -Goal oriented Noble Path‚ Business analyst. Programming
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Jharna Software was a middle size Indian software company with approximately 180 employees‚ which was also an offshore centre in the United States. With the rapid development of India offshore software industry in past few decades‚ Jharna software achieved its success by delivery high quality and low-cost service to the customers. However‚ the rapid change in customer demands and fiercer market competition forced it to make a choice whether or not to adopt agile methods instead of traditional plan-driven
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Software development is big business right now. Almost everything we do today has some type of program design component to it. Every new gadget and gizmo must have a unique software platform to allow it to function seamlessly. From an Electronic Medical Record to a Leap Pad‚ ever changing rules‚ regulations‚ and advancements in technology keep analysts and programmers busy creating the “stuff” that runs your stuff. In order to stay at the top of the game‚ software companies need to use the most
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Agile Software Development Topics covered * Agile methods * Plan-driven and agile development * Extreme programming * Agile project management * Scaling agile methods Rapid software development * Rapid development and delivery is now often the most important requirement for software systems * Businesses operate in a fast –changing requirement and it is practically impossible to produce a set of stable software requirements * Software has to evolve quickly
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Agile Methods Vs Process-Oriented Software Development Subject - CMT 624: Software And Data Management Lecturer – Dr. Wendy K. Ivins & Dr. Tom W. Carnduff Student – Rahul Dutta Roy Student ID - 1014860 “On February 11.13‚ 2001‚ at The Lodge at Snowbird ski resort in the Wasatch mountains of Utah‚ 17 people met to talk‚ ski‚ relax and try to find common ground. What emerged was the Agile Software Development Alliance.” (Martin Fowler and Jim Highsmith‚ 2001 ) This new approach redefined
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Phelps English 115: Essay 3 November 14‚ 2012 The CMMI and the Agile Methods This paper will compare and contrast the CMMI model and the agile method model. In the software engineering profession there has passed time since professionals listen‚ or read with frequency in conversations‚ projects or e-mails‚ the questions about whether their businesses should implement the CMMI‚ or the agile methods for their software development projects. The capability maturity model integration (CMMI)
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The weakness of agile method Introduction Software development is a complicated process to deliver products in more rapidly‚ enhanced and cheaper ways. Agile method as a new mythology can fit this goals very well‚ it can defeat the rapid change in organization and business which the traditional methods is hard to handle. The core of agile methodologies is people. Customer and each team member in agile development teams are the key success or failure factor in agile process. Due to this nature
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Adopting Agile Software Methodologies At Delta Health Systems MBA 550 Dr. Mark Johnson Tim Ott April 17‚ 2013 Contents Purpose/Goal of this Paper The purpose of this paper is to consider the proposal from upper management that Delta’s software development departments universally adopt agile software methodologies for all products. I will be approaching my analysis of this proposed change using methods suggested by Andrew Petigrew‚ starting with understanding
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