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Software Engineering

Agile and Collaborative Practices

The NRC Institute for Information Technology (NRC-IIT) research project, Agile and Collaborative Practices, began in 2002 and is ongoing.

The project investigates the feasibility, effectiveness and application of software development methods that emphasize three main traits; i.e., agility, communication and collaboration.

Agility refers to a team’s ability to respond to change. Communication addresses the team's capacity to exchange relevant insights and information. Collaboration addresses the team’s collective capacity to reach a common vision, execute a complex task, coordinate tactics, and integrate results.

The goal of the project is to enhance existing practices that encourage these three traits, discover new such practices, and build innovative tools and environments to support them.

Specific areas of interest include:

Extreme Programming practices
Test-driven development (as a major driver for both agility and quality)
Collaborative software development environments

Opportunities

NRC-IIT is actively seeking industrial partners who

currently use, or are interested in using, agile and collaborative software development methods within their organization;
are interested in experimenting with, or developing, new tools, environments and concepts;
are interested in participating in empirical studies regarding these practices.

Anyone interested in collaborating in this project is asked to contact the research contact listed below.

Research Contact

Dr. Hakan Erdogmus
Research Officer
Software Engineering
NRC Institute for Information Technology
1200 Montreal Road
Building M-50, Room 241A
Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6
Telephone: +1 (613) 991-1018
Fax: +1 (613) 952-7151
E-mail: Hakan.Erdogmus@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Business Contact

Dr. George Forester
Business Development Officer
Business Development Office, NCR
NRC Institute for Information Technology
1200 Montreal Road
Building M-50, Room 203
Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6
Telephone: +1 (613) 993-3478
Fax: +1 (613) 952-0074
E-mail: George.Forester@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca