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Agile management and development of software projects based on collaborative environments

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ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, Volume 36, Issue 3

Pages 1 - 6

https://doi.org/10.1145/1968587.1968605

Published: 05 May 2011 Publication History

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We've heard of Agile methodologies for several years, but software projects have still delays and failures in planning and management. How then automate the processes of the development of software projects following agile methodologies?

In this paper we try to answer this question by proposing an appropriate use of collaborative environments for software development that effectively translated into action the principles and practices of Agile methodologies. The appropriate use of these collaborative environments leads to a truly agile management, where the project manager achieves the vision and the continuous monitoring of the project, and the participants become adapted to an agile and productive discipline imposed by the environment, regardless if they are geographically dispersed. To ensure that appropriate use, this paper proposes a methodological guide to achieve an agile management of software projects by relying on a particular collaborative environment.

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Ribeiro Mde Souza Gimenes I(2019)Towards an Agile Development EnvironmentAgile Methods10.1007/978-3-030-14310-7_6(80-94)Online publication date: 7-Mar-2019
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Talluri MHaddad HHoganson KHe S(2014)Best managerial practices in agile developmentProceedings of the 2014 ACM Southeast Conference10.1145/2638404.2638456(1-5)Online publication date: 28-Mar-2014
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Agile management and development of software projects based on collaborative environments
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Project and people management
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software development process management
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. Software configuration management and version control systems

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ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes Volume 36, Issue 3

May 2011

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ISSN:0163-5948

DOI:10.1145/1968587

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Gandomani TTavakoli ZZulzalil HFarsani H(2020)The Role of Project Manager in Agile Software Teams: A Systematic Literature ReviewIEEE Access10.1109/ACCESS.2020.30044508(117109-117121)Online publication date: 2020
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Talluri MHaddad HHoganson KHe S(2014)Best managerial practices in agile developmentProceedings of the 2014 ACM Southeast Conference10.1145/2638404.2638456(1-5)Online publication date: 28-Mar-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2638404.2638456
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