The increasing necessity of delivering software applications in non-stable business environments with rapidly changing requirements, have made a review of the role of the traditional software development methodologies relevant. This paper presents one author's experience using Agile Methodologies inside an airline to quickly solve a planning problem after the events of September 11th. It also shows the importance of "hybrid" personnel that masters both the information technology and business aspects, as a determinant factor to achieve the company's objectives.
Citation:
Jorge Alberto Perez-Torres, Marcelo Mejia, "Software Development Using Agile Methodologies: An Airline Case," enc, pp.129-135, Sixth Mexican International Conference on Computer Science (ENC'05), 2005