Agile Coaches and Champions

2016 ◽  
pp. 24-36
Author(s):  
Taghi Javdani Gandomani ◽  
Mina Ziaei Nafchi
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Agile Methods ◽  
Traditional Methods ◽  
Software Companies ◽  
The People ◽  
Agile Approach

Prevalence of Agile methods in software companies is increasing dramatically. Software companies and teams need to employ these methods to overcome the inherent challenges of traditional methods in software development. However, transitioning to Agile approach is a topic of debate. This is mainly because software companies are facing with many challenges, obstacles, and hindrances when leaving traditional methods and moving to Agile methods, as shown in previous research studies. Conducting a large-scale research study showed that Agile transformation need to be supported by several facilitators and identified its most important facilitators. The main aim of this chapter is to present two hidden facilitators of Agile transition, Agile coaches and Agile champions, which rarely have been taken into consideration. Both of these facilitators directly impress the people involved in the transition. People-intensive nature of Agile methods and critical role of the people in the transition process reflect the importance of these facilitators when a software company doing its transition.

Exploring the Role of Project Management in the Development of the Academic Agile Software Discourse: A Bibliometric Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas G. Lechler ◽  
Siwen Yang
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Agile Methods ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Time Periods ◽  
Agile Software

The practical applications of agile methods and their impact on the productivity and efficiency of software development dominate the agile literature. We analyzed 827 academic articles with bibliometric techniques to explore the role project management research played in the development of the academic agile discourse. Bibliometric analyses over two time periods reveal that project management–related topics form a distinct stream of research in the second time period but not in the first. Furthermore, our results reveal that the academic agile discussion has been mainly unidirectional. This situation offers many opportunities for project management researchers to contribute to the agile discourse.

Trust in scientists in times of pandemic: Panel evidence from 12 countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (40) ◽  
pp. e2108576118
Author(s):  
Yann Algan ◽  
Daniel Cohen ◽  
Eva Davoine ◽  
Martial Foucault ◽  
Stefanie Stantcheva
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Social Trust ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Individual Support ◽  
Compliant Behavior ◽  
Paradoxical Effects ◽  
The Government ◽  
Nonpharmaceutical Interventions

This article analyzes the specific and critical role of trust in scientists on both the support for and compliance with nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. We exploit large-scale, longitudinal, and representative surveys for 12 countries over the period from March to December 2020, and we complement the analysis with experimental data. We find that trust in scientists is the key driving force behind individual support for and compliance with NPIs and for favorable attitudes toward vaccination. The effect of trust in government is more ambiguous and tends to diminish support for and compliance with NPIs in countries where the recommendations from scientists and the government were not aligned. Trust in others also has seemingly paradoxical effects: in countries where social trust is high, the support for NPIs is low due to higher expectations that others will voluntary social distance. Our individual-level longitudinal data also allows us to evaluate the effects of within-person changes in trust over the pandemic: we show that trust levels and, in particular, trust in scientists have changed dramatically for individuals and within countries, with important subsequent effects on compliant behavior and support for NPIs. Such findings point out the challenging but critical need to maintain trust in scientists during a lasting pandemic that strains citizens and governments.

The People

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuri Pines
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The Political ◽  
Imperial History ◽  
Political Role ◽  
The People ◽  
Chinese Political Culture

This chapter explores the reasons for the recurrence of large-scale popular uprisings throughout imperial history. It considers how the idea of rebellion correlates with fundamental principles of Chinese political culture, such as monarchism and intellectual elitism. Moreover, the chapter looks at why the rebellions serve to support rather than disrupt the empire's longevity. These issues are then related to the broader issue of the political role of the “people,” here referring primarily, although not exclusively, to the lower strata, in the Chinese imperial enterprise. In answering these questions, this chapter focuses on ideological and social factors that both legitimated rebellions and also enabled their accommodation within the imperial enterprise.

Urbanizing the Ambient

2017 ◽  
pp. 527-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Patricia McKenna
Keyword(s):  
Smart Cities ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
The People ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Urban Level ◽  
Multiple Domains

The purpose of this chapter is to develop and explore the ambient urbanizing concept as a way to shed light on what happens at the urban level when people become more aware and attuned to smartness and ambience in everyday city spaces. The research design for this work includes a case study approach and multiple methods of quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis. In parallel with this study, anecdotal evidence gathered from individuals across the city through informal individual and group discussions enabled further analysis, comparison, and triangulation of data. This chapter makes a contribution to the research literature across multiple domains; sheds light on the emerging relationships of awareness in the people – technologies – cities dynamic, highlighting the critical role of people, in their everyday urban activities, interactions, and experiences; and offers a proposed ambient urbanizing framework for enriching spaces, things, and designs in smart cities.

scholarly journals Key Lessons From Tailoring Agile Methods for Large-Scale Software Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torgeir Dingsoyr ◽  
Tore Dyba ◽  
Mette Gjertsen ◽  
Anette Odgaard Jacobsen ◽  
Tor-Erik Mathisen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Agile Methods

scholarly journals The role of haploinsufficiency of RPS14 and p53 activation in the molecular pathogenesis of the 5q- syndrome

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (2s) ◽  
pp. 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Boultwood
Keyword(s):  
Mouse Model ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Ribosomal Gene ◽  
Molecular Pathogenesis ◽  
Erythroid Progenitor ◽  
Great Insight ◽  
P53 Activation ◽  
Distinct Subtype

In recent years we have gained great insight into the molecular pathogenesis of the 5q- syndrome, a distinct subtype of myelodysplasia. The demonstration of haploinsufficiency of the ribosomal gene RPS14 (mapping to the commonly deleted region) and the finding that this is the cause of the erythroid defect in the 5qsyndrome represent major advances. A mouse model of the human 5q- syndrome generated by large-scale deletion of the Cd74-Nid67 interval (containing RPS14) further supports a critical role for RPS14 haploinsufficiency. It is widely accepted that ribosomal deficiency results in p53 activation and defective erythropoiesis and the crossing of the ‘5q- mice’ with p53 deficient mice ameliorated the erythroid progenitor defect. Emerging data suggests that the p53 activation observed in the mouse model may also apply to the human 5q- syndrome.

The Carnegie Uaxactun Project and the Development of Maya Archaeology

1990 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen L. Black
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Carnegie Institution ◽  
Field Methods ◽  
Maya Archaeology ◽  
History Of ◽  
Maya Area

AbstractThe Carnegie Institution of Washington's 1924–1937. Uaxactun Project, one of the first large-scale excavations in the Maya area, established the role of dirt archaeology in Maya studies. The archaeologists who worked on this pioneering project developed many field methods and approaches that remain in use today. A review of the project and of the careers of its participants shows the critical role the Carnegie Uaxactun Project has played in the history of Maya archaeology.

scholarly journals Model Simulasi Rational Unified Process (RUP) Pada Pegembagan Perangkat Lunak

Repositor ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 485
Author(s):  
Tuti Tia ◽  
Ilyas Nuryasin ◽  
Maskur Maskur
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Simulation Model ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Simulation Models ◽  
Project Manager ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Software Companies ◽  
Unified Process ◽  
Role Based ◽  
Engineering Projects

Abstract Pada pengembangan perangkat lunak terdapat beberapa jenis metodologi yang dapat digunakan, salah satunya adalah Rational Unified Process (RUP). RUP merupakan salah satu jenis proses pengembangan perangkat lunak yang digunakan di berbagai perusahaan perangkat lunak. Terdapat berbagai jenis proyek pada pengembangan perangkat lunak RUP, yaitu proyek yang dibangun dari awal dan memiliki skala kecil, proyek yang memiliki skala besar dan proyek pengembangan dari sistem yang sudah dibangun sebelumnya. Setiap jenis proyek memiliki kebutuhan yang berbeda, terutama dalam penggunaan setiap peran. Pada RUP terdapat beberapa peran penting yang tidak dapat dilakukan oleh satu individu karena harus bekerja pada saat bersamaan. Pada dasarnya tujuan dari RUP adalah dapat menghasilkan perangkat lunak yang berkualitas tinggi. Hal tersebut tidak dapat tercapai apabila penggunaan peran yang kurang tepat. Penelitian ini mengusulkan jumlah peran yang dibutuhkan untuk pengembangan perangkat lunak menggunakan RUP dengan membuat model simulasi. Tujuan dari pembuatan model simulasi ini adalah untuk mengetahui peran yang sesuai berdasarkan setiap jenis proyek. Hasil dari model simulasi yaitu berupa persentase dari setiap peran yang dibutuhkan, project manager memiliki persentase terbesar dibandingkan dengan peran lainnya, yaitu sebesar 76% pada proyek skala kecil dan 60% pada proyek skala besar.AbstractIn software development there are several types of methodologies that can be used, one of which is Rational Unified Process (RUP). RUP is of software development process used in various software companies. There are various types of projects in RUP software development, small scale project, large-scale projects and re-engineering projects. Each type of project has different needs, especially in the use of each role. In RUP there are several important roles that cannot be done by an individual because they have to work at the same time. Basically the purpose of the RUP is to be able to produce high quality software. This cannot be achieved if the inappropriate role is used. This study proposes the number of roles needed for software development using RUP by creating simulation models. The purpose of simulation model is to determine the appropriate role based on each type of project. The results of the simulation model are in the form of a percentage of each role needed, the project manager has the largest percentage compared to other roles, which is 76% in small-scale projects and 60% in large-scale projects.

scholarly journals SIMULATION MODEL FOR RATIONAL UNIFIED PROCESS (RUP) SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE

SISTEMASI ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 176
Author(s):  
Tuti Karen Tia
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Simulation Model ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Simulation Models ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Software Companies ◽  
Development Life Cycle ◽  
Unified Process ◽  
Role Based ◽  
Engineering Projects

In software development there are several types of methodologies that can be used, one of which is Rational Unified Process (RUP). RUP is of software development process used in various software companies. There are various types of projects in RUP software development, small scale project, large-scale projects and re-engineering projects. Each type of project has different needs, especially in the use of each role. In RUP there are several important roles that cannot be done by an individual because they have to work at the same time. Basically the purpose of the RUP is to be able to produce high quality software. This cannot be achieved if the inappropriate role is used. This study proposes the number of roles needed for software development using RUP by creating simulation models. The purpose of simulation model is to determine the appropriate role based on each type of project. The results of the simulation model are in the form of a percentage of each role needed, the project manager has the largest percentage compared to other roles, which is 70% in small-scale projects and 65% in large-scale projects.

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