Agile process model and practices in distributed environment

Abstract

Software Industry is one of most evolutionary industry worldwide. Many changes and advancements have been experienced in this field but only some are proven to be successful. The Agile process is one of them. Though in local industry this term is not well established with its true essences, however it is implemented in a way that some of its principles and values are accepted and some are not. This paper is written in context of distributed software development to underline the challenges and benefits faced by Agile process in this area. The paper describes briefly about the agile process, its importance and its comparison with other existing technologies. To prove its benefits on local industry the paper explains a case study of a software development company; trying to convert its processes on Agile process. The company has first identified its problem areas and to cope up with rapidly changing software demands the company converting its processes to Agile Software process model and find out the better results in terms of reduction in software lifecycle, lesser rework and speedy development of software prototype due to enhanced communication at all levels. © Springer-Verlag London 2013.