Research Café@AgileIndia2012

Rashina HodaThe University of AucklandNew Zealand

Research Stage

22 submissions Reviewed by

International PC 15 accepted = 7

long + 4 short + 4 position

Archived in the IEEE digital library

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Research and Academic ChairRashina HodaThe University of Auckland, New Zealand

Research Stage Co-ProducerNils Brede MoeSINTEF, Norway

SpeakersJulian Bass, Robert Gordon University, UKBalachander Swaminathan, IIT Bombay, IndiaLaura Plonka, The Open University, UKDaniel J. Jeeson (Ani Liza Asnawi), University of Southampton, UKSonia, University of Delhi, IndiaKeiko Shimazu, KEIO University, JapanVenkatesh Kamat, Goa University, IndiaMichael Waterman, Victoria University of Wellington, NZSonali Bhasin, Nokia Siemens Networks, IndiaRamrao Wagh, Goa University, IndiaKissan Gauns Dessai, Shree Damodar College of Commerce & Economics, Goa, India

ApologiesQichao Liu, University of Alabama at Birmingham, United StatesCélio Santana, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil

Program CommitteeNoura Abbas, Colorado Technical University, USAMuhammad Ali Babar, ITU, DenmarkVenugopal Balijepally, Prairie View University, USAShilpa Bhalerao, AITR, IndiaTorgeir Dingsøyr, SINTEF, NorwayYael Dubinsky, IBM Lab, HaifaYvonne Dittrich, ITU, DenmarkTore Dybå, SINTEF, NorwayJennifer Ferriera, Open University, UKOrit Hazzan, Technion, HaifaJohn Hosking, The University of Auckland, NZPhilippe Kruchten, University of British Columbia, CanadaStuart Marshall, Victoria University of Wellington, NZFrank Maurer, University of Calgary, CanadaRabeb Mizouni, KUSTAR, United Arab EmiratesSridhar Nerur, University of Texas at Arlington, USAJames Noble, Victoria University of Wellington, NZRafael Prikladnicki, PUCRS, BrazilNorsaremah Salleh, IIUM, MalaysiaHelen Sharp, Open University, UKAhmed Sidky, Santeon, USABrian Toone, Samford University, USARamrao Wagh, Goa University, IndiaXiaofeng Wang, Lero, Ireland

People

Presentations

5 full presentations @ relevant stages Specialized Research Café

Intro Talk 2 full paper presentations Poster Madness Open Space

Agile Research

New and emerging field Qualitative, quantitative, mixed Theoretical and field-studies Popular topics

Pair programming Team dynamics Adoption case-studies

Emerging topics Self-organization Method tailoring ….

Publishing

Conferences Agile conferences: Agile 20xx, XP20xx, Agile

India 20xx Software Engineering conferences: ICSE,

SPLASH (OOPSLA), ESEM, CHASE workshop, … Journals

Transactions of Software Engineering (TSE) Empirical Software Engineering (ESE) Journal of Systems and Software (JSS) Information and Software Technology (IST) International Journal of Agile and Extreme

Software Development (IJAESD) …

An Example…

TopicSelf-Organizing Agile Teams

MethodGrounded Theory (qualitative)

Participants58 practitioners, 23 organizationsmultiple roles, domains

Data Collectioninterviews + observations

Data Analysisopen, selective, theoretical coding

Literature ReviewAgile, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Management, Organizational Theory

ResultsTheory of Self-organizing Agile Teams explains how software development teams take on informal Roles and perform balanced Practices while facing environmental Factors in order to become self-organizing.

PublicationsESE, IST, ICSE, OOPSLA, PLoP, EuroPLoP, Agile, XP, CHASE, PhD Thesis…(All publications available on: www.rashina.com)

Select a research method and use it well

Make the most of supervision Build a network (conferences, groups,…) Approach participants professionally Publish early and frequently Relate your findings to literature No substitute for RIGOUR Take pride in your research!

www.rashina.comrashina@gmail.com

Coffee/Tea Break

Research CaféIntro Talk, Dr. Rashina Hoda 10:00-10:30Coffee/Tea Break 10:30-10:45

Full Paper Presentations Agile Practices in Higher Education: A Case Study  10:45-11:15

Venkatesh Kamat and Shailaja Sardessai, Goa University, India Integration Analysis of Security Activities from the perspective of agility

11:15-11:45Sonia and Archana Singhal, University of Delhi, India 

Poster Madness 11:45-12:15 Using Social Media for Collaborative Intelligence in Agile Projects

Kissan Gauns Dessai and Ramrao Wagh,  Shree Damodar College of Commerce & Economics, Goa, India

Improving Learning Outcome through Iterative Teaching/Learning MethodologyKissan Gauns DessaiShree Damodar College of Commerce & Economics, Goa, India 

Lunch Break 12:15-01:15

Poster Madness (continued…)   01:15-02:15 How much architecture? Reducing the up-front effort

Michael Waterman, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Quality Assurance in Agile - Drive towards achieving excellence

Sonali Bhasin, Nokia Siemens Networks, India Using Scrum for Software Engineering Class Projects

Ramrao Wagh, Goa University, India Factor Analysis: Investigating Important Aspects for Agile Adoption in

MalaysiaAni Liza Asnawi, University of Southampton, UK

Open Space “Researching Agile” 02:15-02:45Coffee/Tea Break 02:45-03:00Open Space (continued…) 03:00-04:30

Poster Madness Highlight your research in 5-15mins talk Engage people in discussion

around posters Receive feedback on your

posters/research

Research Café

Open Space Theme: Researching Agile Facilitator: Rashina Hoda Hosts: You! Topics

e.g. future of Agile research; fostering collaboration between research and industry; challenges of conducting research on Agile, etc.

The Law of Two Feet Discussion

Research Café

Quality in Agile Defining successful project (delivery on time, customer feedback,

respond to bugs, etc.) Developers are the field-workers

Devs need to show initiative, ownership, communicate with customers. Transparency vs. diplomacy (dev => customer) Own mistakes, fix, estimate fixing time Managers as enablers Challenges

Mini waterfall Developer attitude and grooming

Strategies (what to measure) Velocity (subjective) Customer acceptance (shorter iterations help) Bug rate Frequent customer feedback

Open Space Topics Summary

Pairing + Real Data in Agile Research Pairing

Effect of pairing on productivity No conclusive data either ways

Real Data Hard to get industrial data Convincing companies Team perspective Ideas?

Open Space Topics Summary

International Agile Education Consortium Getting feedback from students frequently Students afraid of testing – why test continuously? Bringing in interactivity Employability Applying Agile in classroom – apply Agile practices in education (colleges)

Self-help groups Student quality vs. teacher motivation Teachers as enablers (coaches)

Enabling change Self-directed learning (e-learning, khan academy) Getting teachers to buy-in Money not a motivator, but required for sustenance Teaching as a part-time => international + elite institutes in India allow for

research-led teaching Teachers of certain personality time (some people happy to be routine) Involving industry: create a group, make a pilot program IAEC google group Phase 1: create awareness in India, GOA university to host first pilot Phase 2: take it international Improve on Agile Manifesto for Education first draft

Open Space Topics Summary