Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Chapter 14 Blog Section 01

For this blog posting, read the Interactive Session DST Systems Scores with SCRUM and Application Life Cycle Management on pages 547-548. Then, in a detailed post, answer questions 1-3.

3 comments:

  1. DST systems scores with scrum and application lifecycle management

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    1- What were some of the problems with DST system' old software development environment?

    I think they were some many software problem, such as the managers were unable to easily determine how the resources were being allocated, which also the employees were working on certain projects and status of specific assets.
    The group development had used a mixtures of tools processes and source code control systems without any unified repository for code or a standardized developer tool set.
    And Also I think DST must use new method and better than the old traditional.

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    2- How did Scrum development help solve some of those problems?

    The Scrum is exists software development tools and experienced strong results. The company accelerated its software development cycle from 24 to 6 months and developer productivity increased 20 percents.
    I think Scrum helped to development the company because its agile software, and relies on self-organization.

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    3- What other adjustments did DST make to be able to use Scrum more effectively in its software projects? What management, organization and technology issues had to be addressed?


    I think CollabNet specializes in software designed to work well with agile software development methods such as Scrum. So what I think from the article is DST adapted Collabnet's subversion product to help with the management control of changes to project documents, programs, and other information stored as computer files.
    DST adaption of Collabnet because their product is so fast in only 10 weeks.

    The managment, organization and the technology
    Jerry Tubbs, The system development manager at DST system, says DST was successful in attempts to revamp the software group because some factors.
    1- looked for simplicity rather than complicated.
    2- Involved developers in the decision making process to ensure that change to be greeted enthusiastically.
    3- allow for the developers to adopt ALM software on their own.

    I think also the company was successful because they selected the right development framework as well as the right software to make that change a reality and skillfully managed the change process.

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