Modeling and simulation of open source development using an agile practice

@article{citeulike:1381228, abstract = {The goal of this work is to study the effects of the adoption of agile practices on open source development. In particular, we started to evaluate the effects of TDD (Test Driven Development) since it is easer to apply in a distributed environment than most other agile practices. In order to reach this goal we used the simulation modeling approach. We developed a simulation model of open source software development process. The model was tuned using data from a real FLOSS project: Apache HTTP Server. To introduce the TDD practice in our FLOSS simulation model, we made some assumptions based on empirical results. The two FLOSS development models (nonTDD and TDD) were compared. The one incorporating the agile practice yields better results in terms of code quality.}, author = {Turnu, Ivana and Melis, Marco and Cau, Alessandra and Setzu, Alessio and Concas, Giulio and Mannaro, Katiuscia }, booktitle = {Agile Methodologies for Software Production}, citeulike-article-id = {1381228}, journal = {Journal of Systems Architecture}, keywords = {agile, process, simulation}, month = {November}, number = {11}, pages = {610--618}, posted-at = {2007-06-12 12:24:38}, priority = {4}, title = {Modeling and simulation of open source development using an agile practice}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V1F-4KKNNHX-2/2/214ec5f46919584ba1331c0fdeadc4a4}, volume = {52}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1381228 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1381228 N2 - The goal of this work is to study the effects of the adoption of agile practices on open source development. In particular, we started to evaluate the effects of TDD (Test Driven Development) since it is easer to apply in a distributed environment than most other agile practices. In order to reach this goal we used the simulation modeling approach. We developed a simulation model of open source software development process. The model was tuned using data from a real FLOSS project: Apache HTTP Server. To introduce the TDD practice in our FLOSS simulation model, we made some assumptions based on empirical results. The two FLOSS development models (nonTDD and TDD) were compared. The one incorporating the agile practice yields better results in terms of code quality. IS - 11 JF - Journal of Systems Architecture EP - 618 TI - Modeling and simulation of open source development using an agile practice VL - 52 T2 - Agile Methodologies for Software Production SP - 610 KW - agile KW - process KW - simulation AU - Turnu, Ivana AU - Melis, Marco AU - Cau, Alessandra AU - Setzu, Alessio AU - Concas, Giulio AU - Mannaro, Katiuscia PY - 2006/11// UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V1F-4KKNNHX-2/2/214ec5f46919584ba1331c0fdeadc4a4 ER -