Papers by Uday Ramteerthkar
2006 IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology, 2006
Abstract-IT services organizations deploy a number of tools to improve the productivity and quali... more Abstract-IT services organizations deploy a number of tools to improve the productivity and quality of the developed software. Some of these tools deliver significant improvements to software development life cycle. However, use of these tools is often accompanied by a significant change in ...
Journal of Systems and Software, Mar 20, 2013
The application of agile practices for requirements prioritization in distributed and outsourced ... more The application of agile practices for requirements prioritization in distributed and outsourced projects is a relatively recent trend. Hence, not all of its facets are well-understood. This exploratory study sets out to uncover the concepts that practitioners in a large software organization use in the prioritization process and the practices that they deem good. We seek to provide a rich analysis and a deep understanding of three cases in an exploratory study that was carried out in a large and mature company, widely recognized for its excellence and its engagement in outsourced software development. We used in-depth interviews for data collection and grounded theory techniques for data analysis. Our exploration efforts yielded the following findings: (i) understanding requirements dependencies is of paramount importance for the successful deployment of agile approaches in large outsourced projects. (ii) Next to business value, the most important prioritization criterion in the setting of outsourced large agile projects is risk. (iii) The software organization has developed a new artefact that seems to be a worthwhile contribution to agile software development in the large: 'delivery stories', which complement user stories with technical implications, effort estimation and associated risk. The delivery stories play a pivotal role in requirements prioritization. (iv) The vendor's domain knowledge is a key asset for setting up successful client-developer collaboration. (v) The use of agile prioritization practices depends on the type of project outsourcing arrangement. Our findings contribute to the empirical software engineering literature by bringing a rich analysis of cases in agile and distributed contexts, from a vendor's perspective. We also discuss the possible implications of the results for research and in practice.
2006 IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology, 2006
Abstract-IT services organizations deploy a number of tools to improve the productivity and quali... more Abstract-IT services organizations deploy a number of tools to improve the productivity and quality of the developed software. Some of these tools deliver significant improvements to software development life cycle. However, use of these tools is often accompanied by a significant change in ...
Journal of Systems and Software, 2013
The application of agile practices for requirements prioritization in distributed and outsourced ... more The application of agile practices for requirements prioritization in distributed and outsourced projects is a relatively recent trend. Hence, not all of its facets are well-understood. This exploratory study sets out to uncover the concepts that practitioners in a large software organization use in the prioritization process and the practices that they deem good. We seek to provide a rich analysis and a deep understanding of three cases in an exploratory study that was carried out in a large and mature company, widely recognized for its excellence and its engagement in outsourced software development. We used in-depth interviews for data collection and grounded theory techniques for data analysis. Our exploration efforts yielded the following findings: (i) understanding requirements dependencies is of paramount importance for the successful deployment of agile approaches in large outsourced projects. (ii) Next to business value, the most important prioritization criterion in the setting of outsourced large agile projects is risk. (iii) The software organization has developed a new artefact that seems to be a worthwhile contribution to agile software development in the large: 'delivery stories', which complement user stories with technical implications, effort estimation and associated risk. The delivery stories play a pivotal role in requirements prioritization. (iv) The vendor's domain knowledge is a key asset for setting up successful client-developer collaboration. (v) The use of agile prioritization practices depends on the type of project outsourcing arrangement. Our findings contribute to the empirical software engineering literature by bringing a rich analysis of cases in agile and distributed contexts, from a vendor's perspective. We also discuss the possible implications of the results for research and in practice.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2011
We are in the business of delivering software intensive business systems using model-driven techn... more We are in the business of delivering software intensive business systems using model-driven techniques. Developing suitable code generators is an important step in model-based development of purpose-specific business applications. Hence, it becomes critical to ensure that code generator development doesn't become a bottleneck for the project delivery. After establishing a sophisticated technology infrastructure to facilitate quick and easy adaptation of model-based code generators, we experimented with agile methodology. In this paper, we discuss why pure agile methodology does not work for model-driven software development. We propose a modification to the agile methodology in the form of meta-sprints as a golden mean between agile method and traditional plan-driven method. Early experience with the proposed development method is shared along with the lessons learnt.
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