@inproceedings{67794aa6a4204b66b4230fe1ff8a15b8,
title = "Introducing agile methods in a large software development team: The impact on the code",
abstract = "The adoption of agile methods of software development has gained momentum within the software industry. NW Soft Solutions Ltd. (a pseudonym) is a large software development unit that develops large-scale network centric software solutions. NW Soft Solutions Ltd decided to adopt an agile development methodology. In this case study, we use object-oriented metrics to evaluate and characterise the source code of an application produced by a team using agile methods. We compare the results obtained from the source code produced using agile methods with the results for source code produced for a similar type of application by the same team using a more traditional methodology. The contrast is stark. This case study shows that agile methods have guided the developers to produce code that manifests better quality and maintainability characteristics.",
keywords = "Agile, Code quality, Developers, Large organization, Maintainability, Methods, OO metrics",
author = "Mary Giblin and Padraig Brennan and Chris Exton",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-642-13054-0_5",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783642130533",
series = "Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "58--72",
booktitle = "Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming - 11th International Conference, XP 2010, Proceedings",
note = "11th International Conference on Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming, XP 2010 ; Conference date: 01-06-2010 Through 04-06-2010",
}