Need For Software Products Research Articles

Современные реалии управления программными проектами

The need to maintain the workflow in conditions of forced disconnection has increased the need for software products. But it turned out that the quality of many of them is lower than expected. One of the reasons is that users with different quality criteria began to work with them. Another reason is that the products have objectively become unacceptably low quality, largely due to errors in the management of the project. The scale and significance of a modern software project require its implementation according to one of the classical models: it will ensure quality. However, due to the desire to get ahead of competitors, flexible methodologies are used, reducing deadlines and losing quality. And the larger the project, the higher the risk of quality loss and the higher the cost of losses. How to combine the benefits of both approaches without getting their disadvantages?

Team Formation for Agile Software Development: A Review

Rapid and unpredictable technology advancements cause a rise in demand for software products that can be delivered faster, adapt to volatile changes and save cost. Over the years, Agile Software Development (ASD) becomes more suitable as the software process that can cater to those demands while still maintaining the quality desired. With this Agile nature, it is apparent that the team that develops the software product need to have unique features as well. The team should also be formed correctly to gain effectiveness, strong performance and ultimately project success. Ineffective teams can be caused by, among others, conflict, inadequate skillset, unbalanced role assignment, lack of teamwork and non-competent team members. However, by far, the characteristics that need to be considered in forming effective teams are yet to be formalized. Thus, this study aims to identify the necessary characteristics in composing a competent team that is well balanced and can create coherent teamwork. The study involves a qualitative literature review which includes past studies about team formation specifically in the software development domain. The data were collected from online journal databases and analyzed using content analysis. From the analysis, six characteristics together with their attributes were identified as vital in team formation. Another two characteristics were also identified as influencing the six-team formation characteristics. These findings will need further empirical rigor before they can become a complete Agile Software Development team composition model. This model is believed to assist Agile practitioners in forming effective teams for their development projects.

TESTING PROCESS OVERVIEW EXPLORATION FOR A SOFTWARE PRODUCT IN A LARGE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Software testing is a process where you have the stated requirements, pre-requisite software that is to be installed and the configuration of the machine that need to be done as per the test data for the test case and for a specific platform which when verified works perfectly. This paper describes about Manual test case process overview in the testing life cycle for a large software development project and how you track the effort for the same. A Tester need to know about the fundamentals of testing concepts. Documentation of the testing concepts and the process overview of the testing life cycle for a software product need to be done initially so that a new tester when recruited can understand the basic flow as to how it is carried out in real time in an organization practically. Initially a tester need to execute the manual test case for few platforms and some tougher manual test cases need to be learnt from the tester who is having some experience. The tougher manual test cases need to be identified initially from the experienced tester who will be giving a session for the execution of such test cases. So when the foundation for a new tester is powerful the plan assigned for the execution of test cases is met. The effort tracking for the testing can be captured for a tester and should be matched with planned effort for the execution of test cases. Measurement of the testing effort plays a very important role as to how comfortable a new tester is and further root cause analysis is done if required when the new tester does not meet the planned effort.

Zrelost organizacije (CMMI - Capability Maturity Model Integration)

Povećane potrebe za softverskim proizvodima, povećane cijene, rokova isporuke i održavanja, stavke su koje određuju kvalitetu procesa. Sam softver više se ne smatra djelom za praćenje procesa već dijelom sustava za razvoj i poboljšanje u razvoju procesa tvrtke. Postoji više modela za kvalitetno upravljanje i mjerenje, jedan od njih je CMMI. CMMI model predstavlja sustavan i iscrpan opis zrelosti programskih procesa, te je kao takav od neprocjenjive vrijednosti i pomoći za sve organizacije koje su dostigle razinu svijesti da trebaju unaprijediti svoje odnosno svoj proces razvoja i održavanja programskih aplikacija.

Usability Evaluation of Digital Flipviewer® Online Flipbooks

The rise in onscreen reading has created a need for software products that allow users to comfortably view documents onscreen. Two studies were conducted to examine the usability of E-BookTM Systems Digital FlipViewer® software that enables users to read FlipBooks, interactive three-dimensional books with pages that ‘flip’ or turn onscreen. Study 1 evaluated user performance on completing eleven tasks with the FlipViewer® using a magazine format. Study 2 evaluated user performance of finding courses using a FlipBook format of a university's schedule of courses. Results from Study 1 revealed participants had difficulty using the unique features of FlipViewer®, but overall, were satisfied with their experience viewing a document in this format. Results of Study 2 showed participants completed tasks quicker using the FlipBook format of the university course schedule when compared to a website format.