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An Experience in Combining Flexibility and Control in a Small Company?s Software Product Development Process
Roman Castles (Rome), Italy September 30-October 01
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/ISESE.2003.12379622003 International Symposium on Empir ...
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Kristian Rautiainen, Helsinki Univ. of Technology
Lauri Vuornos, Smartner Information Systems
Casper Lassenius, Helsinki Univ. of Technology
This paper presents a longitudinal case study at Smartner Information Systems, a small software product company operating in a dynamic and uncertain environment. Smartner successfully combines flexibility and control in their product development process. Flexibility is gained with monthly sprints, after which new decisions about project scope can be made in planning the following sprint. Control is achieved through mapping the sprints to management decision points, where the management team makes decisions conserning the whole project portfolio. The development team and other stakeholders of the product participate in sprint planning facilitating communication of business/customer needs to development. Product roadmapping and sprint demonstrations give visibility of development plans and progress to the whole organization. Freezing the development scope for a month at a time helps in giving the development team a chance to work on their assigned tasks and creates a more relaxed atmosphere.
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Kristian Rautiainen, Lauri Vuornos, Casper Lassenius, "An Experience in Combining Flexibility and Control in a Small Company?s Software Product Development Process," isese, pp.28, 2003 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering (ISESE'03), 2003
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