Development of mobile software is surrounded by much uncertainty. Immature software platforms on mobile clients, a highly competitive market calling for innovation, efficiency and effectiveness in the development life cycle, and lacking end-user adoption are just some of the realities facing development teams in the mobile software industry. By taking a process view on development of mobile systems we seek to explore the strengths and limitations of extreme Programming (XP) in the context of mobile software development. Following an experimental approach a mobile systems development project running for four months is conducted. Experiences from the project are used for analysis and discussion of the fit of XP in mobile systems development. First, requirements for mobile systems development projects are proposed. Second, these are analysed and compared to the prescribed principles suggested in XP.
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Pedersen, O., Kristiansen, M.L., Kammersgaard, M.N., Hosbond, J.H. (2007). Mobile Systems Development: Exploring the Fit of XP. In: Magyar, G., Knapp, G., Wojtkowski, W., Wojtkowski, W.G., Zupančič, J. (eds) Advances in Information Systems Development. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-70761-7_18
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