Network for Agile Methodologies Experience

Network for Agile Methodologies Experience

Acronym:  NAME
Code:  IST-2001-37482
Support:  European Union
Amount:  23.230 €
Dates:  Nov 2002 - Nov 2005
Coordinator:  pablo.fernandez
Research staff:  antonio.ruiz


Summary: 

An agile software development methodology is an approach to software development that recognises that software applications change as the business context changes. In many cases these changes occur during the development of the software and this poses a major challenge for software engineers. In traditional software development the design phase is a significant part of the process but few design methods or notations are suited to support the management of incomplete or changing requirements.

A number of new approaches to software development have emerged during the last years. These, so called Agile Methodologies (AM), are means to cope with rapidly changing business requirements without compromising quality or integrity. Some of these approaches are Extreme Programming (XP), Dynamic Systems Development Method, SCRUM, Feature Driven Development, Crystal or Agile modelling. All them are subscribed to the Principles of the Agile Manifesto, a collection of principles that relate to modern pressures that face software development, emphasising, not only the need to be able to adapt to changing needs during development but also the need to engender a culture of personal responsibility, respect and collaboration between all the individuals involved, the so called "human dimension".

The goal of this project is the creation of a network of excellence to build a research roadmap and to define and start populating an experience framework in XP and other AMs, as the essential prerequisite of systematic R&D activities in the 6th EU Research Funding Framework. As a by-product of these two goals, stronger links will be established among researchers, developers, managers, and consultants working on XP and AMs, building a significant critical mass on XP and AMs within Europe. The project is organized in two major phases: the definition of the research roadmap and the establishment of the empirical framework. Throughout the project there are various dissemination activities toward associate partners, other networks, and the general public.

Partners: 

The NAME consortium consists of five universities, one research institute, and one for-profit company: the Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, the Valencia University of Technology, the University of Cagliari, the University of Sheffield, the Technical University of Munich, the National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI), and Datasiel.
Each research partner in NAME is associated with a number of academic, industrial and consultant partners. Our research group is associated to the Valencia University of Technology as an academic partner.

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