TY - GEN
T1 - Towards a definition of simplicity in agile software development
T2 - 8th Brazilian Workshop on Agile Methods, WBMA 2017
AU - Santos, Wylliams B.
AU - Cunha, José Adson O.G.
AU - Moura, Hermano
AU - Margaria, Tiziana
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Although Agile Software Development (ASD) has proven to be an important set of methods that promotes simplicity issues, there are difficulties in defining simplicity. In order to develop a conceptual model of simplicity from the agile teams perspective, a literature review was conducted covering models related to simplicity in different research areas. Based on that, a conceptual model was developed, which was then triangulated through a focus group with six ASD experts. Five simplicity perspectives in the context of ASD were identified. From the agile teams perspective, simplicity is defined as the theoretical virtue disposing the team towards an analytic attitude that leads agile projects to be successful. The conceptual model of simplicity in agile software development is an invitation to practitioners to do what they already do, but to do so more consciously. This consciousness can make a substantial difference in real situations.
AB - Although Agile Software Development (ASD) has proven to be an important set of methods that promotes simplicity issues, there are difficulties in defining simplicity. In order to develop a conceptual model of simplicity from the agile teams perspective, a literature review was conducted covering models related to simplicity in different research areas. Based on that, a conceptual model was developed, which was then triangulated through a focus group with six ASD experts. Five simplicity perspectives in the context of ASD were identified. From the agile teams perspective, simplicity is defined as the theoretical virtue disposing the team towards an analytic attitude that leads agile projects to be successful. The conceptual model of simplicity in agile software development is an invitation to practitioners to do what they already do, but to do so more consciously. This consciousness can make a substantial difference in real situations.
KW - Agile software development
KW - Focus group
KW - Simplicity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85041819659&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-73673-0_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-73673-0_1
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85041819659
SN - 9783319736723
T3 - Communications in Computer and Information Science
SP - 3
EP - 17
BT - Agile Methods - 8th Brazilian Workshop, WBMA 2017, Revised Selected Papers
A2 - Serra Seca Neto, Adolfo Gustavo
A2 - dos Santos, Viviane Almeida
A2 - Lima Pinto, Gustavo Henrique
PB - Springer Verlag
Y2 - 13 September 2017 through 14 September 2017
ER -