[agile-development] Forum Topics

One of the first things I ask during interviews is **Are you going to micro manage how I work?** It’s me who will decide which programming language to use, what technology and framework to use, which IDE to use or just code in plain notepad.exe. You just state your requirements …

I'm currently working on a project where technical debt has started to pile up, and it's beginning to affect the stability of our software. However, the team is under pressure to deliver new features quickly, and we’re struggling to strike a balance. What strategies or workflows have you used to …

I'll admit that I have an opinion about this. Is the point of professional coding to write creative software or to write software that adheres closely to standards?

**What is e-commerce software development?** The term eCommerce was coined in 1972 and it has slowly gained popularity as a buzzword since then. Today, we understand it as an umbrella term that covers all online buying and selling, including everything from selling physical products to providing digital services. There are …

Uh. Hi! I am sort of new here. I post maybe once in a blue moon. This place is honestly 100x better than StackOverflow. Anyway. I won't post my entire resume here but I will post relevant details. Graduated two years ago, currently *under*employed, but happy. No internships. My first …

I think RPA is independent as it's about automation. Which is fine if you're a factory drone. But it doesn't work for today's generation of workers, who are used to being treated with a little more respect to feel empowered about doing a job they believe in. The real future …

does anyone have any sources that can help me understand how to create a dev environment in tfs? currently we have a production environment only and we need to build a branch off of that without ruining the existing code

I like Agile, I really do but a few times it has me walk out on the process as a few think that everyone must "buy in." That's just part of the problems I've run into and kind of glad I'm no longer on such teams. In fact if a …

Mockup Plus is a prototype building tools designed for agile development mode.

I believe that employing agile and lean techniques is very effective. It is very usefull for all projects either it is software or website or any other project if you agree or disagree give your reviews with proper reason.

I am a new user to the community and here as a learner. I am a student of software engineering. These days I am searching some information on agile software development to complete my assignment. I hope; I will find this community informative about my subject.

This is really good opportunity to all students who want to enter into the business world. Last month I passed my exam in pre Engineering and now I'm going to start my personal business with my brother. To know the basic terms of business I am getting online agile training. …

What's a good software development methodology to follow for a project where you initially know nothing. So an experimental project where you will need to seek out APIs and so on as you carry out research and figure out what needs to be created. I'm required to follow a design …

Hi, I have recently started sharing resources that I've found useful with the rest of the software development community. This week's is a Microsoft video on how best to do Agile under waterfall management. I hope you enjoy :) http://perrygollo.azurewebsites.net/?p=301

I am looking for a case study explaining cmmi? The case study could be of any level from 2-5 and for any process development, services and acquistion? For example a case study explaining PMC (project monitoring and control) in level 2 development? Maturity Level 2 - Development CM - Configuration …

Has any one got their Agile?

I'm currently looking into the automatic generation of release notes (or change log) when we create a new release. I'm wondering how any of you tackle this. So far I've found these four interesting options: - https://tfsreleasenotes.codeplex.com/ - https://tfschangelog.codeplex.com/ - http://fromthedevtrenches.blogspot.nl/2013/04/automatically-generate-tfs-release.html - http://mskold.blogspot.nl/2012/05/generate-accumulated-release-notes-in.html Any insights greatly appreciated.

Hi, I'm preparing a project proposal for sponsored LCAD (similar to tablet) manufacturing project . 5000 devices have to be delivered within 12 months. Let me know whether Agile methodology suits here? or shall i go for water fall method? Also provide organisation chart (team members) supporting it. Regards Kau14

We have a small team of 5 software developers and we are handling products A & B. Last month we were also handed over products C & D from another team which moved to doing something else. Suddenly we have double the work and same number of people. Though we …

Test Driven Development (TDD) is the amalgam of two programming techniques: Test-First Development (TFD) and Refactoring. Looking at the first of these, TFD literally means that before you write some functional code (in whatever programming language you happen to favor) you first write a small piece of code to test …

> HI I was wondering if anyone knows where to find some credible information about Enterprise Agile methodology? The information should be acceptable for a senior-level research paper. The info. should answer the following questions if possible: 1. describe Enterprise Agile (XBreed) 2. give the history (with names and dates) …

I wonder if I should continue to get a degree in software engineering because I think the work envoirments are a bit to much centered around verbal and direct communication for me. I'm not a very good verbal communicator and in agile teams this seems to be a very important …

Because of [the course](https://www.edx.org/courses/BerkeleyX/CS169.1x/2012_Fall/about) I think to take to improve employment changes by SaaS, Ruby and Rails and basic agile techniques, I looked little the Ruby forum. Unfortunately it seemed in quite a sorry state some months old questions unanswered. Even there was a related article from one of them …

Hello, I wanted some advice on testing procedures my team should start to use. Currently we have a web tool that customers use and is active now but we find that we have make code changes weekly and sometimes daily depending on workstoppages so it is always in development. We …

If i not wrong, selection of methodology will decide the data modeling to use.. If i use Agile methodology, can i draw DFD as my data modeling? or I have to use UML? (DFD is much more easier for me)

Hello everyone, Would you be so kind enough to fill in a survey for my personal(academic) research relating to development methodologies on web industry. ## [Link](https://aytm.com/r246298) ## The survey is being conducted for my master's thesis on, "The use of methodologies in the management and development of websites and web …

I need a few automation testing tools for applying for my company which follows the agile method and manual testing. I need to know about testing tools that apply in the agile process and its positive ,negative sides.

i have to give a presentation on agile methodology. i have prepared advantages and disadvantages.. but im stuck in situations in which this particular method is suitable to apply. can any one out there help me? plz

Hello Everyone; I am asked to draw dfd for Employee Monitoring System. Before it, there is a question about the methodology that I should use. I think it is more likely to use Waterfall model, because of the time schedules in the system. Anyway, I might be wrong, can you …

I'm designing and implementing a PHP web application as part of final year university project and i was wondering if any of you could suggest any development methodologies that i could follow and your reasons for them, as i haven't ever created a full web application. I also need to …

i need help on comparative analysis of waterfall,prototype and agile methodologies.give me some instructions how should i do it.i have to write a 3000 words essay on this topic.what points should i keep in mind while writing it

Anyone know this language? This technology is called Agile Platform complete solution to deliver custom enterprise web apps with high productivity. [URL="http://goo.gl/6SwiO"]Agile Platform[/URL] What do you think of it? Best regards

What are the suitable software methodology can be used to develop an Instant Messenger application in Java? [B]An Offline LAN-based Office Messenger[/B] I got read about the Rapid Application Development! Is it the most suitable methodology?:-/

There is much to be learned by self-teaching a given programming language or three, but there are other business related aspects that have given rise to some questions. I hope I am posting in the appropriate forum section, and that my questions are not too quaint or elementary to merit …

hi i m bachelor student i want to know about different methodologies used to develop certain software. i know little about waterflow process model, spiral process model, V process model. i know the name of object oriented model bt dont have any knowlegde about that. i m trying to develop …

Hi all, I am hoping that the DaniWeb community might be willing to assist me in my research efforts. I am a researcher based in University College Cork (Ireland) and I am involved in a research study on the subject of software development in global virtual teams. As part of …

[I]Let's participate in writing. For my graduation project I had to do a literature study. I discussed the book "Clean Code", written by Rober C. Martin (a.k.a. "Uncle Bob"). I copy-pasted this and hope I didn't forget to adjust the formatting.[/I] [B]Motivation[/B] My literature study started when I inspected the …

My forte is in the area of [B]Complex Systems Development[/B] ([B]CSD[/B]). The focus of my career has been the eradication of the [B]Software Complexity Barrier[/B] ([B]SCB[/B]). The approach I have been refining to create software is quite unique. That approach is called Organic Programming ([B]OP[/B]).The term was first coined by …

What is Agile Development? What are the different types of it? What can be topics related to Agile development . . kindly guide

Dear forum user, As part of my bachelor thesis for the course "management, communication and IT" at the Management Center Innsbruck (University of applied sciences in Austria) I aim to run an online survey on Agile concepts in software development and its perception. The evaluation of your data will be …

Ok, so I am a little confused about an issue life cycle (hopefully I posted this in the right place, apologies if I didn't). According to this book,e-book-pg.5 non-fixed issues are reassigned to developers. Is it bad practice for the QA to review whether there is bugs and reassign it …

I have a simple question and am hoping to gather lots of ideas. Am currently working on a project which consists of just one developer which is me, this project is supposed to be completed by January which is about 3 months from now and there aren't any budgets involved. …

We've been trying various tools to document our projects. Have tried everything from the Rational Rose suite to a basic Wiki with Visio to write up just the right amount of documentation, use cases and specs. Lately we've adopted a more agile approach to development and wanted some ideas on …

Dear forum member, I am conducting a survey on current software development practices as a part of my Capstone Project. In this survey I want to find out how the software development approaches are used in current scenario. I would greatly appreciate you participating in this survey. This survey will …

The computer games industry gained rising popularity in recent years. There is however only a small number of studies about how game developing companies cope with changing requirements and interest groups, increasing team sizes and hardware and software enhancements. Currently there is a study to examine software development practices relating …

hi, whats your idea about this. what is the best methodology for implementation of a new concept product i was thinking about SCRUM any more ideas. btw RAD and waterfall is not acceptable

Hi All, I would like to know the Structured Systems Analysis and Design development models: * Best Practices * Risk Areas * Potential Areas Of Harm. [B]Thanks,[/B] Madan KN

Hello everyone, Hope you are fine. Actually, I am going to implement a network program for my final year project and i am a bit confuse on the methodology to use. I have already reviewed extreme programming, v-model and agile but still can't find the right one. I have approximately …

Two weeks ago I was asked a question to which, given my occupation, I should have known the answer. The question was: “How many software testers are there?” Being editor of a magazine about software testing, that's a number I should have know cold. At the time, I offered an …