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Scaling of agile methodologies
Zikmund, Jan ; Buchalcevová, Alena (advisor) ; Balada, Jakub (referee)
Agile methodologies have become a routine part of software development. Despite their initial focus on small and local teams working on relatively simple applications, the current trend is their application to development of large and complex systems. This work provides a general introduction to agile methodologies, including the extent of their use in practice, limitations of these methods together with the introduction of the concept of scaling. The work is then devoted to starting points and the general approaches to scaling. In conclu-sion, the practical part of the work proposes methodology for evaluating performance of agile methodologies in projects. The aim is to provide an overview of agile methodologies and subsequently particularly analyze soft, organizational problems that are related to scaling agile methodologies. This work can serve as tool for management, or project office when considering adoption of agile methods.
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„Freedom at work“ IT companies in the Czech Republic
Miřacký, Jan ; Brixí, Radim (advisor) ; Koliš, Karel (referee)
My bachelor's thesis deals with topic of companies in IT industry based in the Czech Republic that incorporate principles of freedom at work. The goal of the thesis is to elaborate the case study focused on efficiency of two Czech companies in the IT industry that are comparable in size and specialization. One of the companies calls itself "freedom at work" company and the other one does not. In the theoretical part I describe agile and rigorous methodologies of software development and other tools for project management or document sharing commonly used in companies. I focus more closely on Rational Unified Process, extreme programming and Scrum. In the next part of the thesis I focus on describing principles of freedom at work. This part is crucial for the correct understanding of the research structure that deals with company efficiency. Regarding the principles I describe factors related to company culture, shared vision, hiring new employees, trust and responsibility principles and some others. I carried out the research at companies Abdoc and Clevis. Both companies develop web applications and websites aimed at the mobile platform.
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Evaluation of project of Business Intellgence implementation in consulting company
Řezníček, Miroslav ; Novotný, Ota (advisor) ; Pour, Jan (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the implementation of Business Intelligence in small and medium-sized companies and furthermore focuses on an agile project management and introduces possibilities for this approach. The aim of the project is to present an agile methodology of Business Intelligence implementation and comparison of processes of a real project with the procedures proposed in this methodology and eventually propose improvements. The thesis is divided into three main parts. The first part is an introduction to the theory, in which the concept of Business Intelligence is introduced and important terms as transactional and analytical systems, data warehouse, data mart, etc. are described, being followed by research of previous works focused on Business Intelligence implementation. The introduction to the theory is closed with introducing CRISP-DM methodology for SMEs and agile methodologies as Scrum and Extreme Programming. The objectives of the thesis and some sub-goals are achieved through the analysis of the agile methodology "Agile Data Warehousing for Business Intelligence implementation" in the second part of the thesis. The final main section is a comparison with a real project, in which certain improvements are also proposed for future use. The benefit of this thesis is especially the unusual view at the implementation of Business Intelligence through agile approach and proposed methods for future use in small and medium-sized companies. The benefits are also described particularly for business companies in the area of financial advice.
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Assessment of project management within a particular organization and recommendation of appropriate methodologies
Pešková, Barbora ; Chocholatý, Drahomír (advisor) ; Uhlíř, Luděk (referee)
Currently published statistics focused on the area of software projects are very disturbing. It is alarming that, according to research company Standish Group only 32% of IT projects end successfully. The percentage of cancelled projects, 24%, is even more disturbing. The applied methodology should contribute to the increase success of the software engineering projects. Statistics show that the methodology applied in the work sphere, is currently used by more than 50% of firms. This work shows the development of specific software in a small IT company, which currently is not supported by any methodology of IS / ICT. The primary objective of this work is the evaluation of the methodology best suited to the needs of business presented. The first chapter of the theoretical part deals with the issues of software engineering and is focused mainly on the area of IT projects success rates and related critical factors of software engineering. The second chapter is then devoted to the history of software engineering and describes the important milestones leading to the development of the most well-known life cycle models and methodologies. The main part of the theoretical block is devoted to methodologies of IS / ICT. This passage is particularly concentrating on the meaning of methodologies in the management of development projects. It also focuses on comparing agile and rigorous methodologies and deals with the assessment of appropriate methodologies for the development of IS / ICT in small businesses. The first part of the practical unit focuses on the introduction of the presented company. The following chapters are devoted to analyzing the current state of software engineering of the client, leading to the detection of the major problems of current development. The analysis is followed by chapter, which is devoted to the presentation of five agile methodologies which were selected on the basis of criteria based on client's specific requirements and needs. The final part is devoted to the evaluation of methodologies based on meeting the given criteria and according to the level of support solutions to the problems analyzed. Based on the resulting findings the client is recommended specific methodology and the appropriate procedure outlined in the implementation of the chosen methodology.
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Web applications to support managing small projects
Vlček, Michal ; Pavlíčková, Jarmila (advisor) ; Fortinová, Jana (referee)
This thesis deals with description and analysis of market with web applications to support small business projects. In a theoretical part the reader is familiar with basic concepts relating to project management. Furthermore, reader is familiar with methodology for project management and software development. Part of the theoretical part is analysis of market with web applications. To conclude the theoretical part is found out support of methodologies. A practical part, on the contrary aims, set requirements for a small project. According to these requirements are selected web applications. These web applications are described and according to criterions is selected single web application. In conclusion thesis is reviewed feedback from students. The main contribution of this thesis is found out support of methodologies, overview of free apps, user's guide to application TeamBox and feedback from students subject 4IT115.
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Implementation of software development methodology in IT company
Kolář, Vít ; Chlapek, Dušan (advisor) ; Karas, Michal (referee)
The theme of this thesis is how to implement an existing software development methodology in small company. The main aim of the thesis is to choose and adapt one of existing methodology and implement it in the real enterprise environment, therefore the first step is analyze existing (current) state in this environment and consequently propose the best way of implementing and establishing the chosen methodology. The first chapter of the thesis deals with theoretical background devoted to history of software development methodologies and explains the meaning of software development and describes its goals and parts. Existing trends in the area of software development methodologies are also described in this chapter. The next part of the thesis is focused on most widely used methodologies and approaches in this area. Some of possible methodologies for small companies are described and presented with the view of making process of selection easier. Next logical step of this work is analyzing the current state of development process of client and choosing appropriate methodology for implementation. The last chapter deals with project of implementation that consists of several steps divided into three main phases. The aim of the first phase of the project is to propose solution to establishing new methodology. It is followed by the phase implementing this solution in real enterprise environment. The project of implementation concludes with verification of results through real pilot project.
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Analyze teaching agile methods of software development at universities in the Czech Republic
Košák, Vojtěch ; Buchalcevová, Alena (advisor) ; Balada, Jakub (referee)
The objective of this thesis is to analyze teaching agile methods of software development at universities in the Czech Republic. This information is not enough known, so this thesis says range and scope of teaching agile development. Primary source of analyzed data are publicly available information at universities, including information about the teaching activities. Another important source is a questionnaire survey, accomplished as a part of this work. Conclusions and recommendations made with respect to the examined data, could lead to growing interest in the concept of agile software development. The thesis is divided into several chapters. Introduction is devoted to general information on agile methodologies with their brief explanation. In the following chapters is determined the status of teaching agile methods at different universities and provided information on the questionnaire survey and its evaluation. In the last section, I try to make conclusions reflecting the information provided in this thesis and also in previously conducted surveys on the practices of agile development.
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Project management in software developing company and its support
Ježek, Lukáš ; Svoboda, Jiří (advisor) ; Novák, Jan (referee)
This case study tries to describe posibilities and also concrete case of project management implementation in a internet development company. In the first part of this study there are different views on project management in the form of Word known methodologies. Simultaneously he is trying to evaluate default state of internet company before aplying of project management into internal processes of the company. On the base of default state analysis author is therefore targeting on the most complicated areas of all today's companies in project management. There are: Change management, ressource management, risk management, financials and utilizing of human resources. In these areas there is a author's view on the theme. Is there any chance to apply any project management metodology into so turbulent environment as the internet companies are.
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Research of agile development tools
Neumann, Jiří ; Buchalcevová, Alena (advisor) ; Balada, Jakub (referee)
Agile methodologies get more and more into the awareness of project managers. Long-term and unsuccessful projects can mean big risk for companies. Especially in highly competitive industries rapid delivery of a functional product is preferred to comprehensive documentation. For efficient management of agile development appropriate tools are needed. This bachelor thesis is based on these tools. It describes the current state in the market in these instruments, explaining what it can offer to agile teams and it also represents the best-known products of companies like Rally Software, VersionOne, TargetProcess and ExtremePlanner. For product comparison there are appropriate criteria proposed in the thesis. The results of the comparison are identified advantages and disadvantages of each instrument for both the community and the enterprise version of the software.
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