[Python-Dev] Fwd: survey about the use of agile practices
Guido van Rossum
guido at python.org
Sun Dec 24 19:06:07 CET 2006
Anyone?
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From: Selene Uras <s.uras at diee.unica.it>
Date: Dec 24, 2006 9:24 AM
Subject: survey about the use of agile practices
To: s.uras at diee.unica.it
Dear project manager/developer
I am conducting at the University of Cagliari, under the supervision of
prof. Michele Marchesi, a survey about the use of agile practices in
open source successful projects.
I would really appreciate if you can devote 5 mins. of your time,
answering
the following questionnaire directly in the "Reply" mail to me.
Thanking in advance,
Selene Uras
1. Project management:
- Do you use fixed (time-boxed) iterations? Y/N How many days do
they last? ___
- Do you plan development by gathering a list of features, and then
assign
them to an iteration? Y/N Since when? Since the start of the
project / Since ___ years.
- Are users actively involved in requirements gathering and in
project management? Y/N
2. Testing:
- Has the project an automatic unit test suite? Y/N Which one?
___________
- If Yes, what is the percentage of code covered by tests? ___ %
- Do you use automatic acceptance tests? Y/N
- Since when have you been using automatic tests? Since the start of
the project / Since ___ years.
3. Refactoring:
- Do you practice explicit code refactoring? Y/N
- What is the percentage of developing effort for refactoring? ___%
- Since when have you been using refactoring? Since the start of the
project / Since ___ years.
4. Integration and releases:
- How long does it take to produce the executable code starting from
source code? ____
- Do you have a "working version" of the code, which is often
updated by
developers who add their code and run tests? Y/N
5. General:
- Can you mention some other agile practices you are using in the
project?
For each of them, since when has it been used?
- Practice: __________________________ Used since: ______
- Practice: __________________________ Used since: ______
- ....
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