Abu Bakar Md Sultan

Taghi Javdani Gandomani, Hazura Zulzalil, Abdul Azim Abdul Ghani et al.

Agile software development methods (ASD) and open source software development methods (OSSD) are two different approaches which were introduced in last decade and both of them have their fanatical advocators. Yet, it seems that relation and interface between ASD and OSSD is a fertile area and few rigorous studies have been done in this matter. Major goal of this study was assessment of the relation and integration of ASD and OSSD. Analyzing of collected data shows that ASD and OSSD are able to support each other. Some practices in one of them are useful in the other. Another finding is that however there are some case studies using ASD and OSSD simultaneously, but there is not enough evidence about comprehensive integration of them.

Taghi Javdani, Hazura Zulzalil, Abdul Azim Abd Ghani et al.

Agile software development (ASD) methods were introduced as a reaction to traditional software development methods. Principles of these methods are different from traditional methods and so there are some different processes and activities in agile methods comparing to traditional methods. Thus ASD methods require different measurement practices comparing to traditional methods. Agile teams often do their projects in the simplest and most effective way so, measurement practices in agile methods are more important than traditional methods, because lack of appropriate and effective measurement practices, will increase risk of project. The aims of this paper are investigation on current measurement practices in ASD methods, collecting them together in one study and also reviewing agile version of Common Software Measurement International Consortium (COSMIC) publication.