Estimation of software quality parameters for hybrid agile process model

Abstract

This study aims to motivate a new hybrid agile methodology is a combination of agile models from Scrum, Extreme Programming, and Lean Software Development. The main aim of the hybrid agile model is the timely delivery of projects to clients with high quality at a reduced rate. But the main difficulty in hybrid agile model to effectively reflect the software quality attributes. Basically, the failure of a software project is mainly not because of inefficiency of functional features but due to inefficiency of quality attributes, like performance, reliability and effective usability. The work presents the introduction of Hybrid Agile Quality Parameter Analysis (HAQPE) that is a quality attribute driven agile development method. The outcome of developed quality attribute HAQPE was evaluated through hybrid agile process assessment by applying it to a commercial project of software industry. The results demonstrated that the developed quality attribute model is more efficient than the legacy agile development process.