Semiramis Research and Service Unit (SeReS Unit)
Adoption of Decision Deferring Techniques in Plan-driven Software Projects - A Controlled Experiment Autor: Dipl.-Ing. Michael Schier
Abstract:
Today, a trend towards agile software development approaches can be observed caused by shortened product lifecycles and the striving to optimize time to market. As a consequence, traditional plan-driven approaches are more and more forced to take a back seat in development processes producing products for rapidly changing markets. This thesis discusses the idea of deferring design decisions in plan-driven software development approaches and advocates the adoption of techniques supporting such concepts. At this, an experiment is conducted taking a journey as metaphor for a software development project. The results of it essentially corroborate the thesis that software projects can benefit from the use of design decision deferring techniques. In addition to that, it fortifies the assumption that such techniques reduce the amount of project plan adjustments in case of conflicts caused by unforeseen events. | 
