Title
The Effects of Modularity on Effective Communication and Collaboration: [Best Paper Nominee]
Abstract
In this article we explore the consequences associated with a lack of coordination between the requirements engineering process and the development process. We conduct a detailed case study of an ICT department of a large European bank that develops software using the agile software development method. Our current study reveals that the application of a modular organizational design in a dynamic agile environment has a negative effect on the communication and coordination between members of different modules. More specifically, the modular design creates both a semantic and a pragmatic boundary among members of different modules, which is primarily caused by the fact that modules have differentiated tasks and often misaligned interests.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1145/3084381.3084413
SIGMIS-CPR
Field
DocType
ISBN
Software engineering,Agile Unified Process,Computer science,Lean software development,Knowledge management,Agile usability engineering,Agile software development,Software,Modular design,Empirical process (process control model),Modularity
Conference
978-1-4503-5037-2
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
7
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
chintan amrit116019.11
Elody Hutten200.34