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A Feature Partitioning Method for Distributed Agile Release Planning

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Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming (XP 2011)

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Agile software development represents a major approach that has gained increasing popularity in recent years. Economy forces agile organizations to overcome geographical distances to benefit from accessing a larger resource pool and to reduce development costs. However, agile and distributed development approaches differ significantly in their key tenets. While agile methods mainly rely on informal processes to facilitate coordination, distributed development typically relies on formal mechanisms. To address this situation, we present a distributed agile release planning approach to assist the release planning process of distributed agile development teams by identifying feature chunks that can be implemented co-located to minimize the communication needs between dispersed teams. The presented method demonstrates how this approach 1) necessitates less intensive communication and coordination, 2) can provide better utilization of resources, and 3) can produce higher quality feature distribution plans. Finally, the paper analyzes benefits and issues from the use of this approach.

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  1. Department of Measurement and Information Systems, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary

    Ákos Szőke

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  1. Free University of Bolzano, Piazza Domenicani, 3, 39100, Bolzano, Italy

    Alberto Sillitti

  2. Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, 32000, Haifa, Israel

    Orit Hazzan

  3. Bache Consulting, Flunsåsliden 25, 418 71, Göteborg, Sweden

    Emily Bache

  4. Everis, Avda Diagonal, 605, 08028, Barcelona, Spain

    Xavier Albaladejo

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Szőke, Á. (2011). A Feature Partitioning Method for Distributed Agile Release Planning. In: Sillitti, A., Hazzan, O., Bache, E., Albaladejo, X. (eds) Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming. XP 2011. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 77. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20677-1_3

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