scholarly journals Scaling Agile Adoption Motivators from Management Perspective: An Analytical Hierarchy Process Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Rooh Ullah Jan ◽  
Muhammad Usman ◽  
Muhammad Faisal Abrar ◽  
Najeeb Ullah ◽  
Muhammad Asshad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Analytical Hierarchy Process ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Project Teams ◽  
Organization Management ◽  
Software Products ◽  
Agile Methodologies ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
Small Project ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Agile methodology has been noted as the mostly used method for software development over the past few years. This methodology guarantees the rapid delivery of software products with lower cost and greater customer contentment. The adoption of agile methods was initially applied in the software development industry for single, small project teams following the principles of Agile Manifesto. The intense need of the time is to identify from management perspective the motivators that can be focused on to adopt agile methodologies in large-scale projects. Therefore, the main purpose of the study is to develop from management perspective a priority-based taxonomy of motivators that helps in scaling agile methodologies in large-scale projects. The taxonomy is developed in two steps. In the first step, data are collected from a survey and open literature. In the second step, the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) is implemented on the collected data that produced the proposed priority-based taxonomy of the motivators. With the help of AHP model, the 21 motivators of successful project management are categorized into four main categories, i.e., “organization management,” “team,” “customer and technology,” and “process.” Furthermore, the AHP analysis is used to rank the motivators and their respective categories in order of their importance. The findings of this study are further reviewed and validated by the agile experts in other organizations. The proposed priority-based taxonomy of motivators can be used as a handbook that gives guidelines on scalability of agile methodologies to large projects, which helps in successful management of large-scale projects.

Agile Software Engineering

2010 ◽  
pp. 28-37
Author(s):  
Ernest Mnkandla
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Production Process ◽  
Software Products ◽  
Agile Methodologies ◽  
Software Productivity ◽  
Software Production ◽  
Agile Software Engineering ◽  
Development Approach ◽  
Agile Software ◽  
Traditional Approaches

This chapter aims to reveal agile techniques that have been applied to software development and have resulted in meaningful improvements in software productivity. Available literature generally state some claims on the gains associated with the use of particular agile methodologies in software development. What lacks however, is a comprehensive analysis of how the application of agile techniques as a family will lead to improvement in software productivity. This chapter therefore provides such details. Software productivity techniques provide ways of measuring three things in order to determine the productivity of software; software products, software production processes and structures, and software production setting. Agile methodologies improve software productivity by focusing on the software production process and structures. The fundamental concern of this chapter is to show that agile methodologies measure the production process activities in a different but effective way from the more traditional approaches. For example, time-to-market is reduced by use of an iterative incremental development approach.

scholarly journals Consumer Preference for Mocaf Packaging using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-160
Author(s):  
Wandhansari Sekar Jatiningrum ◽  
Fatma Hermining Astuti ◽  
Choirul Sayid Sabiq ◽  
Arma Ludfy Andika ◽  
Luthfi Bagus Adityo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wheat Flour ◽  
Analytical Hierarchy Process ◽  
Screen Printing ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Consumer Preference ◽  
Highest Weight ◽  
The Government ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Process Method

Wheat flour consumption in Indonesia continues to increase, so the government must import wheat on a large scale. One of the ways to reduce wheat consumption is by using substitutes. Mocaf (modified cassava flour) is a kind of flour that derived from cassava plants (Manihot esculenta). This flour can be used as a substitute for wheat flour due to its similar characteristics. Even though it has high economic potential, mocaf has only been marketed locally. One of the reason is the lack of quality packaging. The purpose of this study is to identify consumer preferences for mocaf packaging so that they can market the product not only locally but also nationally. In this study, AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process) method with four alternatives (plastic stand up pouch combination, Aluminium foil stand up pouch combination, screen printing plastic pouch, and paper pouch combination) and three criteria (price, model, and durability) is used to determine consumer preferences for mocaf packaging. This research obtained the conclusion that the highest weight for criterion and alternative are price and the screen printing plastic pouch.

A river environment index for Korean national rivers: rationale, methods and application

Water Policy ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 481-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongkyun Kim ◽  
Tae-Sun Park ◽  
Jeryang Park ◽  
Seung-Oh Lee
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Hierarchy Process ◽  
River Restoration ◽  
River Management ◽  
Weighting Coefficient ◽  
Environmental Condition ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Environment Index ◽  
Hierarchy Process

A methodology for indexing river environmental condition was developed and applied to 269 subsections of national rivers located in the Republic of Korea, based on a river management perspective. The resulting index has been called the River Environment Index (REI). To develop the methodology, a total of 32 factors related to a river's environment were initially investigated, from which 16 were chosen based on their measurability, predictability, measurement regularity and obtainability. Then, using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and based on a survey of 62 river management experts in Korea, the weighting coefficient for each of the 16 factors was determined. Finally, the REI values were estimated by linearly combining the 16 measured factors for the 269 river subsections and mapped using a geospatial information system platform. We expect that the REI will be used to increase the efficient allocation of national budgets for environmentally-friendly river restoration projects of the country's national rivers. Through this new index, prioritization of these rivers will be made using an holistic river management perspective.

Standardization

2018 ◽  
pp. 424-436
Author(s):  
Arunasalam Sambhanthan
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Gear Up ◽  
Software Products ◽  
Software Production ◽  
Global Standards ◽  
Software Professionals ◽  
Significant Attention

This chapter looks at standardization practices of large scale software development businesses and its acceptability among software professionals. The article reports the results of a survey conducted among software professionals on standardization practices of their organisations. The results show that majority of the organisations are complying with standardization related guidelines in their businesses. A significant number of employees are unaware about the standardization practices adapted by their organisations. The conclusions remarks that the organisations have to gear up their efforts towards introducing and maintaining global standards in the production and delivery of software products and services to their clients. Significant attention towards training and development related to standardization practices is recommended. Future research is warranted in investigating the effectiveness of existing global standards related to software production and delivery in large scale software development organisations.

scholarly journals Choosing Automated or Manual Testing in Extreme Programming with the Analytical Hierarchy Process

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 7243-7252
Author(s):  
Sultan Alshehri ◽  
Abdulmajeed Aljuhani ◽  
Luigi Benedicenti
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Analytical Hierarchy Process ◽  
Decision Process ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Extreme Programming ◽  
Testing Technique ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Team Productivity ◽  
Manual Testing ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Extreme Programming (XP) has been called one of the most successful methods in software development. XP comprises a set of practices designed to work together to provide value to the customer. During the XP lifecycle, developers and customers regularly encounter situations in which they need to make decisions or evaluate factors. This affects the development process and team productivity. We propose to use the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) as a means to systematize and streamline the decision process. AHP eliminates conflict because it elaborates input from every member of the team. Thus, the adoption of AHP can help accomplish XP values and fulfill team needs. This paper presents an example of applying the AHP to decide which testing technique to adopt depending on a series of project-specific parameters.

scholarly journals A case study of using the hybrid model of scrum and six sigma in software development

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 5342
Author(s):  
Mona Najafi Sarpiri ◽  
Taghi Javdani Gandomani
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Process Improvement ◽  
Team Performance ◽  
Six Sigma ◽  
Software Products ◽  
Agile Methodologies ◽  
The World ◽  
Six Sigma Methodology ◽  
Development Approach

<span>The world of software engineering is constantly discovering new ways that lead to an increase in team performance in the production of software products and, at the same time, brings the customer's further satisfaction. With the advent of agile methodologies in software development, these objectives have been considered more seriously by software teams and companies. Due to their very nature, agile methodologies have the potential to be integrated with other methodologies or specific managerial approaches defined in line with agility objectives. One of the cases is Six Sigma, which is used in organizations by focusing on organizational change and process improvement. In the present study, attempts were made to present the hybrid software development approach, including Scrum, as the most common agile and Six Sigma methodology. This approach was practically used in a case study, and the obtained results were analyzed. The results of this evaluation showed that this hybrid method could lead to the increased team performance and customer satisfaction. However, besides these two achievements, an increase in the number of re-works, number of defects discovered, and the duration of the project implementation were also observed. These cases are in line with the main objectives of Scrum and Six Sigma and are justifiable and acceptable due to achieving those objectives.</span>

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