Agile Forum
TSP – Somewhere between Agile and Plan-driven: Report on a pilot adoption programme in SA
Some Agile practitioners tend to see the world in black and white. In their eyes software development can either be done using an “agile approach” or a “plan driven” approach. In recent years, a grey area in between these extremes has emerged. The “Team Software Process” (TSP) and “Personal Software Process” (PSP) falls within this grey area. While a TSP team follows most of the key agile practices, the role of planning, following a process and, above all, collecting and using measurements is paramount.
Since July 2009 the JCSE has been working with the USA-based Software Engineering Institute (SEI) to run a TSP pilot adoption programme in South Africa. Results of this pilot programme were presenteded and possible “next steps” described.
Presenters: The format of the Agile forum was be a panel discussion chaired by Prof Barry Dwolatzky of the JCSE. Panellists included recently trained South African TSP coaches and representatives of the two pilot companies, Nedbank and Dariel Solutions.