AGILE METHODS AND REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING IN CHANGE INTENSIVE PROJECTS

Martin Fritzsche

2008

Abstract

In this paper we discuss how well agile methods can deal with requirements related issues in change intensive projects. Five agile methods are considered: eXtreme Programming, Scrum, Crystal, Dynamic Systems Development Method and Adaptive Software Development. We analyze how well these methods implement the basic goals of requirements engineering, how they counteract or support the occurrence of requirements changes and how they cope with problems arising from changing requirements. We show that agile methods provide a valid approach for requirements related issues, but also identify their weaknesses.

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Fritzsche M. (2008). AGILE METHODS AND REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING IN CHANGE INTENSIVE PROJECTS . In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE, ISBN 978-989-8111-28-9, pages 81-88. DOI: 10.5220/0001762900810088


in Bibtex Style

@conference{enase08,
author={Martin Fritzsche},
title={AGILE METHODS AND REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING IN CHANGE INTENSIVE PROJECTS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE,},
year={2008},
pages={81-88},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001762900810088},
isbn={978-989-8111-28-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE,
TI - AGILE METHODS AND REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING IN CHANGE INTENSIVE PROJECTS
SN - 978-989-8111-28-9
AU - Fritzsche M.
PY - 2008
SP - 81
EP - 88
DO - 10.5220/0001762900810088