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Continuous Integration
As described previously, creating a “CI Environment” means acquiring, installing, and configuring the tools and…
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Team Dynamics
The portion of the model, shown in Figure 57, is a very simplistic approximation of…
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Customer Involvement
Customer Involvement has some positive and some negative effects on our core APD rework cycle.…
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Micro-Optimizing
As described in section 3.3.4, the Micro-Optimizing gene represents the adaptive nature of a given…
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Refactoring
As described above refactoring, refactoring is the work required to restructure the software baseline in…
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Iterative-Incremental
To model the iterative and incremental nature of an Agile project, we must repeat the…
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Modelling the Seven Genes of Agile
The following section describes sections of the Agile Project Dynamics (APD) model pertaining to agile…
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A Brief Review of Relevant Software Engineering Topics
Large-scale software engineering organizations, particularly government contractors, have traditionally used plan-driven, heavyweight, waterfall-style approaches to…
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Modelling the Dynamics of Agile Software Projects
This chapter presents the Agile Project Dynamics (APD) model. Following the research into Agile methodologies…
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Strategic Project Management with System Dynamics
System Dynamics was famously used by Pugh-Roberts/PA Consulting to diagnose the causes of cost and…