The Good, the Bad, and the Agile:XP Meets Systems Engineering

摘要

"Agile" development methodologies (ADMs) have emerged in recent years inrnresponse to widely perceived failings of commercial software development organizationsrn(CSDOs) to reliably produce quality results in a predictable timeframe. Criticism ofrnrequirements engineering (RE) practices current in CSDOs is prominent among the motivationsrnspurring this movement. Comparison of high level features of ADMs with established systemsrnengineering (SE) approaches reveals that there is significant commonality between them. Thernmost important difference relates to the mixing in of development activities with high level RErnactivities, involving developers in them from the outset and reducing formality. On the basis ofrnthis analysis we make some general observations on the value of ADMs and their advocacy.