Meet the Team

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Meet the Team

• Michael Laka
• Team Leader
• Machael.laka_at_tufts.edu
• Christopher Pescatore
• Quality Assurance Manager
• Christopher.pescatore_at_tufts.edu
• Joe Travaglini
• Change Control Czar
• Joseph.travaglini_at_tufts.edu

• David Donatelli
• Web Guru
• david.donatelli_at_tufts.edu
• Florian Funke
• Deployment Packaging Manager
• flofunke_at_hotmail.com
• Chris Guin
• Build Manager
• imanginer01_at_gmail.com

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I Think Ive Heard of Agile
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What is Agile Software Development?

• Aim Increase customer satisfaction
• Agile Manifesto
• Individuals Interaction
• Working system
• Customer collaboration
• Change

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What is Agile Software Development?

• Methodologies
• XP
• Scrum
• Adaptive Software Development
• ...
• Cowboy coding?
• Why Agile
• Agile Alliance
• The wrong direction

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How do we do it?

• Initial Team meeting
• Requirement overview

• Team Develops into self-forming programming
  groups
• Communication Established between Team and Client

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The Agile Team

• Goal To produce quality working portions of
  software frequently
• Integrate Changes Quickly through team meetings
  client interaction

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Group Team Interactions

• Constant face-to-face interaction
• Periodic team meetings to swap group information
  and progress
• Constant integration of change
• Documentation updated after changes are made

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Maintaining the Working Environment

• Positive working environment producing better
  quality
• Coders are intellectually proud of their work

• All Team Members are on the same page

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Can Agile and Reuse Play Together?

• Same end-goal
• Intended for different sizes of systems

• Cost of reuse too high, in both use and creation
• Psychological impediment

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Can Agile and Reuse Play Together?

• Minimize costs of reuse (library tools, trusted
  sources)
• Use Agile techniques to produce components
• Use Reuse strategies to orchestrate large system

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Configuration Management and the Agile Method

• Full CM hinders the development cycle

• New rules to follow and protocols to adhere to
• Can CM work with Agile?

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Finding a CM that works

• Need an agile CM

• Check-in module prevent data corruption
• Archive so features can be reverted and reused

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Why Agile CM works

• Provides stability to fast paced build cycle

• Allows flexibility required for frequent change

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Waterfall Method
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W.W. Royce Nieve Model

• With Five Complexities

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For More Information

• Comp180 Agile Team Website
• Team 2
• Final Paper
• Useful Agile Links
• http//www.cs.tufts.edu/comp/180/TeamWorkAreas/Tea
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