Agile software development

Annotated Bibliography Reference Cervone, H. F. (2014). Strategic planning and assessment. Journal Of Library Administration, 54(2), 155-168. doi:10.1080/01930826.2014.903371 Summary: The article describes how agile methodologies - in software development - can be used in the strategic planning process to help facilitate greater engagement and more effective planning processes. The article defines, examines, and discusses strategic management and the factors, which impede it 's affective…

2016): Scrum is one of the most popular Agile methodologies. It is an adaptive, iterative, fast, flexible, and effective methodology designed to deliver significant value quickly and throughout a project. Scrum ensures transparency in communication and creates an environment of collective accountability and continuous progress. The Scrum framework, as defined in the SBOK Guide, is structured in such a way that it supports product and service development in all types of industries and in any type…

from Waterfall to Agile and briefly provide the rationale behind each of them. Two key changes introduced by Greg Adams-Woodford to move his team from Waterfall to Agile were the eradication of offshore software developments teams and a transition to in-house software developers in Arizona, as well as the combination of the QA and development teams with extensive cross training in their respective specialties. The rationale behind the transition of offshore to in-house development deals with…

The concepts of this project are clear but when development and user testing occurs, scope creep will get out of hand. The response type for this risk is to avoid with an agile development approach. By using an agile development approach, scope creep will be cleared up in the backlog, user feedback will move be considered/implemented quicker, and an accurate representation of the system…

This poses an issue and directly conflicts with the customer centric core value that we should be practicing, especially as a shared services company. The lack of regular communication with the customer is a hindrance on the quality of product that IT delivers, and needs to change. There have been several instances in the past where miscommunication throughout the SDLC process led to issues in the production environment of our systems, which is not something to be taken lightly in the insurance…

operations. (Laudon,2016) The growth strategy at UPS emphasis on entering into new markets and expanded its existing products as well as customer services. The external extensions include alliances with SAP and Oracle to include UPS functionality in their software packages and the acquisitions of Mail Boxes Etc. to provide 4400 retail locations to…

Joan Powe-Dopwell MBA350 Summer Session 6 Dr. Yoo Reading ARTICLE 5. David Edwards (2012), “Innovation Adventures Beyond the Core,”. Research-Technology Management, 55 (6), 3-41. 1. What conclusion can come from Figure 2? The conclusion that came from Figure 2, entitled “Bain experience: Empirical odds of success in pursuing adjacencies by steps from the core”. The Author explained that core is relatively easy an easy place to play and we’re generally comfortable. This…

DIARY SOL 1 What do you do when everything is already explored? What do you do when every mountain is conquered, when every sea is traversed. When there is no stone left unturned. You find new stuff to explore. Men were sent to the moon, we formed colonies on mars. We have established new homes. Now, a thousand years after the first colony there is nothing left to explore in space either. I grew up on Earth X-23, the poorest of all the new earths we settled on. Born an explorer, in an age with…

learned in the reading, agile methods generally use a spiral model which represents many revisions based on user feedback. The final product eventually will evolve from the use of this feedback and changes made because of the feedback itself. In an agile approach, intense interactivity between developers and individual users is required. Agile system development is unique as it is adaptable to the project at hand and every project is handled differently. Using the agile method allows for…

The key difference between the root and the branch methods of decision making is that: 1) in the root method, clarification of values or objectives are different from and usually criterion to empirical analysis and in the branch method, selection of value goals and empirical analysis of the needed are not distinct from one another but are closely intertwined. 2) when formulating policy, the root method uses a means-end model where ends are isolated whilst formulating the means to achieve them.…