Using Evolutionary Project Management (Evo) to Create Faster, More Userfriendly and More Productive Software. Experience Report from FIRM AS, a Norwegian Software Company

摘要

FIRM was established in 1996, and has 70 employees in 4 offices (Oslo, London, New York and San Francisco). FIRM delivers one software product: Confirmit. Confirmit is a web-based application which enables organizations to gather, analyze and report key business information across a broad range of commercial applications. Confirmit can be applied to any information-gathering scenario, but its three main data sources are: Customer Feedback, Market Feedback and Employee Feedback. The FIRM R&D department consist of about 20 people, including a Quality Assurance department of 3 people. These people are mainly involved in product development of Confirmit, but we also do custom development for clients who fund new modules of the software.