access icon free Agile software process improvement: a collaborative game toolbox

Software development organisations are interested in adopting new agile methods and techniques. However, they often do not have the time and resources to explore available approaches or to customise them to the current situation at the project or organisational levels. As software companies are usually dealing with significant pressure and have to demonstrate productivity, time for software process improvement (SPI) is very limited. Using serious collaborative games can be helpful for the deployment of certain best practices recommended by agile methods. With the objective of facilitating SPI in organisations, the authors propose a ready-to-use collaborative game toolbox that is oriented for practical use in project team meetings. The set of collaborative games included in the toolbox have been designed for agile teams, regardless of the maturity level, to innovate and improve communication and cohesion, and to bring business value out of agile ceremonies.

Inspec keywords: software prototyping; software process improvement; software development management; software engineering

Other keywords: available approaches; significant pressure; project team meetings; agile teams; SPI; collaborative game toolbox; agile ceremonies; software companies; current situation; serious collaborative games; agile software process improvement; software development organisations; agile methods

Subjects: Software engineering techniques; Software management

http://iet.metastore.ingenta.com/content/journals/10.1049/iet-sen.2018.5096
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