COLLABORATIVE AGILE RESEARCH

BCC 40 ANOS Dr. Claudia Melo

•  Director of Tecnology, ThoughtWorks América Latina

•  Ph.D. In Computer Science, IME-USP

•  Fellow researcher@IME-USP

•  15 years in SW DEV

•  10 years educating

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CLAUDIA MELO

4 http://gibbslawandlife.blogspot.com.br/2011/12/christmas-procrastination.html

WHAT’S SCIENCE? 5

INDUSTRY versus ACADEMIA

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“Innovation diffusion or value chains that transfer basic research to commercial

applications via research institutes and startups are

insufficient for current industry challenges and research goals”

7 Anna Sandberg, Lars Pareto and Thomas Arts. Agile collaborative research: Action principles for industry-academia collaboration. IEEE Software, 28(4):74–83, 2011

Scott Ambler, 2009. http://www.agilemodeling.com/essays/proof.htm

INNOVATION DIFFUSION

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“Closing the gap between research and practice by encouraging a stronger emphasis on methodological rigor while focusing on relevance for practice”

Barbara A. Kitchenham, Tore Dyba, and Magne Jorgensen. 2004. Evidence-Based Software Engineering. In Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE '04). IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, USA, 273-281.

LACK OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE

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In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.

- Einstein

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Anna Sandberg, Lars Pareto and Thomas Arts. Agile collaborative research: Action principles for industry-academia collaboration. IEEE Software, 28(4):74–83, 2011

COLLABORATIVE AGILE RESEARCH My own example

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SOFTWARE PRODUCTIVITY IS A GENERAL STRATEGIC CONCERN IN SEVERAL

INDUSTRIAL SECTORS

OVERVIEW OF MY DOCTORAL STUDIES

Multiple-case studies on Agile team productivity definitions and

agile team productivity factors2010-2011

Surveyon Agile productivity

expectationsand benefits

2011-2012

Action research forexploring and assessing

productivity monitoring and measurement in agile teams

2012-2013

Warm-upstudies on Agile

methods impact on productivity

2009-2010

Study of software productivity

definitions, factors and metrics2009-2010

Study of Agile productivity metrics and performance monitoring, measurement

dysfunctions, and monitoring in self-managed teams

2011-2012

Phase I Phase II Phase III

P1,P2

P4, P6, P7, P9

P3

IR1

P5, P8

IR2

Research study

Paper

Industry report

In collaboration with Norwegian University of Science and Technology

August 2009 March 2013

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NVivo 9

•  6-Month Interviews transcribed in 400 pages + Observation notes + Artifacts

•  Research and data source triangulation, incrementally analyzed in 12 months

•  Conceptual framework developed in the first months. Updated in the last months.

ANALYZING QUALITATIVE DATA

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Anna Sandberg, Lars Pareto and Thomas Arts. Agile collaborative research: Action principles for industry-academia collaboration. IEEE Software, 28(4):74–83, 2011

Better researcher by working on relevant problems,

better practitioner by identifying and applying scientific methods

RESEARCH IMPACT PROXIES

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10 conference

articles

2 Journal papers

4 Book

chapters

Agile Alliance global group

- Single

participant from the Global South

Big agile project rescue

Data supported a

Master Thesis

6 courses/tutorials for the

community

ESE new course at IME-USP

South America,

North America, Europe

Middle East

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GROUPS INVOLVED

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OTHER EXAMPLES 20

APPLIED RESEARCH EXAMPLE: PAIR PROGRAMMING

Principles for selecting pairs

Practical advise for teams

7 habits of highly effective pairs

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PRINCIPLES Based on Principles of canonical action research. Robert M. Davison, Maris G.

Martinsons, Ned Kock. 22

Principle of the Researcher–Client

Agreement

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Principle of Cyclical Process Model

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Principle of Theory

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Principle of Change through Action

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Principle of Learning through Reflection

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OTHER COMMENTS 28

D I S

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DOMINANCE

INFLUENCING STABILITY

CAUTIOUSNESS

PERSONALITY STYLES – DISC MODEL

Cross-training, T-shape

“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called

research, would it?”

- Einstein

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OBRIGADA Questions?

claudia@ime.usp.br cmelo@thoughtworks.com

claudiameloprof.wordpress.com @claudia_melo