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  • Security-oriented agile approach with AgileSafe and OWASP ASVS

    Publication

    In this paper we demonstrate a security enhancing approach based on a method called AgileSafe that can be adapted to support the introduction of OWASP ASVS compliant practices focused on improving security level to the agile software development process. We also present results of the survey evaluating selected agile inspired security practices that can be incorporated into an agile process. Based on the survey’s results, these...

  • Identification of the Agile Mindset and Its Comparison to the Competencies of Selected Agile Roles

    Publication

    - Year 2020

    In this paper we present the results of the identification and evalua-tion of the elements of an agile mindset as well as its comparison to the compe-tence models for the roles of Scrum Master, Product Owner and agile analyst. We have identified 70 unique agile mindset elements from literature and 5 in-terviews with experts. Based on an opinion survey among 52 agile practitioners we evaluated the importance of 26 selected elements...

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  • Interaction Design in Agile IT Projects

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    - Year 2021

    In recent years, interactive systems, such as various types of software, online services or mobile applications, have become an integral part of everyday life. Interactive systems and digital services should be easy to use and provide a positive User Experience (UX). For this reason, interaction design has recently emerged as a distinct professional area of information technology (IT). Easy interaction and user experience (UX)...

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  • AgileSafe – a method of introducing agile practices into safety-critical software development processes

    This article introduces AgileSafe, a new method of incorporating agile practices into critical software development while still maintaining compliance with the software assurance requirements imposed by the application domain. We present the description of the method covering the process of its application and the input and output artefacts.

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  • Agile Media Management Approach – an analysis

    This article studies media management and demonstrates a fresh perspective on the new approach based on agile methodologies of project management. The analysis sequentially presents a literature overview of media and its management, the characteristics of media projects, agile project management, an analysis of agile approaches and media management along with the proposal of a...

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  • Towards Agile Development of Critical Software

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    The paper presents a case study aiming at collecting opinions of software en-gineers on the risks related to integration of agile practices to safety-critical software development projects. The study has been performed within the scope of our research targetting at providing critical software developers with a comprehensive solution allowing to incorporate agile practices into software development process while still being conformant...

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  • Making agile retrospectives more awesome

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    According to the textbook [23], Scrum exists only in its entirety, where every component is essential to Scrum’s success. However, in many organizational environments some of the components are omitted or modified in a way that is not aligned with the Scrum guidelines. Usually, such deviations result in missing the full benefits of Scrum [24]. Thereby, a Scrum process should be frequently inspected and any deviations should be...

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  • Agile Commerce in the light of Text Mining

    The survey conducted for this study reveals that more than 84% of respondents have never encountered the term “agile commerce” and do not understand its meaning. At the same time, they are active participants of this strategy. Using digital channels as customers more often than ever before, they have already been included in the agile philosophy. Based on the above, the purpose of the study is to analyse major text sets containing...

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  • Problemy jakości w metodach Agile

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    - Year 2021

    Zwinne metody wytwarzania osiągnęły w zawrotnym tempie niebywały sukces. Według różnych doniesień od 50 do 70% firm IT stosuje metody zwinne na stałe lub okazjonalnie . Jednak znaczna część firm stosuje wybiórczo praktyki zalecane przez Agile . Jakie to praktyki? Jakie problemy występują przy ich stosowaniu i jak firmy radzą sobie z tymi problemami? Jak wpływają na jakość wytwarzanego oprogramowania? Jakie są warunki krytyczne...

  • Agile Methods In Formation of Metropolis Neighbourhood

    Publication

    - Year 2017

    A study of the zone adjoining the metropolis area of Tricity (Poland) was conducted on the basis of analyses of changes in spatial development, outline planning decisions and local plans of spatial development. Localities placed at several dozen kilometres from strongly urbanized areas do not constitute metropolis outskirts. The vicinity of large urban centres is an obstacle to the development of localities as self-sufficient units...

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  • Optimization model of agile team’s cohesion

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    - Procedia Computer Science - Year 2014

    Team’s cohesion is one of the most important factors of IT project execution effectiveness. Optimization of team’s cohesion gives the possibility of reducing the risk of project failure. It also allows to increase the teamwork efficiency and thus optimize time of tasks execution, increase the guarantee of maintaining the scope of the project and the chance of achieving a given level of products quality. This article presents determination...

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  • Agile Methodology for Designing and Improving EnterpriseScenarios

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    - Year 2011

    Przedstawiona została iteracyjna metoda projektowania i ulepszania scenariuszy biznesowych. Zaproponowana metoda definiuje etapy wytwarzania scenariuszy, zestaw metryki oceny jakości scenariuszy oraz zestaw procedur usprawnieniowych, które pozwalają zwiększyć wydajność scenariuszy, ich jakość oraz użyteczność. Proste studium przypadku zostało rozważane i jego ocena jakościowo-wydajnościowa omówiona. Jako przykład realizacji metody...

  • International Journal of Agile Systems and Management

    Journals

    ISSN: 1741-9174

  • Agile Development of Critical Software - Can It be Justified?

    Publication

    The paper introduces the problem of application of agile practices in critical software development projects. It summarizes the present state of research and identifies the need for having a ready-to-use model of being agile while still meeting the required assurance levels which could be particularly useful for small and medium sized safety-critical software companies. Then the objective and scope of a research aiming at delivering...

  • Adopting Collaborative Games into Agile Requirements Engineering

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    In agile software development, where great emphasis is put on effective informal communication involving diverse stakeholders, success depends on human and social factors. Not surprisingly, the Agile Manifesto advocates principles and values such as “individuals and interactions over processes and tools”, “focus on the customer”, “collaborate regularly”, “communicate face-to-face within the team” and “have regular team introspection”....

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  • Adopting Collaborative Games into Agile Software Development

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    - Year 2018

    Although the emergence of agile methods has triggered a growing awareness that social factors have a crucial impact on the success of software projects, neither the Scrum Guide nor the Agile Manifesto prescribe techniques that aid the human side of software development. To address this challenge, we enriched the Scrum process with a set of collaborative games. Collaborative games refer to techniques inspired by game play, but designed...

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  • Sustainable Knowledge Sharing Model for IT Agile Projects

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    - Year 2022

    In order to overcome work environment challenges and remain competitive in the market, organisations must adapt. An organisation's competitiveness can be improved through knowledge sharing; however, improvement without responsibility can have a negative impact on the sociotechnical environment which people cannot fully comprehend. According to researchers, business involvement in sustainable development goals remains minimal [51]....

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  • On the Agile Mindset of an Effective Team – An Industrial Opinion Survey

    In this paper we present the results of an opinion survey among 52 agile practitioners who evaluated the importance of 26 selected elements of the agile mindset to the effectiveness of an agile team. In total, we have identified 70 unique agile mindset elements based on 11 literature sources and 5 interviews with industry experts. 7 elements belonged to the “support for business goals” category, 20 to the “relationships within...

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  • Adapting Agile Practices to Security Context – Practitioners’ Perspective

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    In this paper we explore the problem of introducing agile practices to projects dealing with systems with high security requirements. We also propose an approach based on AgileSafe method and OWASP ASVS guidelines, that could support such introduction. What is more, we present the results of two surveys aimed at analyzing IT practitioners’ views on applying agile methods to security reliant systems as well as evaluating the set...

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  • The Development of a Conceptual Framework for Knowledge Sharing in Agile IT Projects

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    - CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS - Year 2022

    Organizations must adapt their resources to meet the challenges associated with changes in the work environment in order to remain competitive in the information era. Several research findings identify knowledge sharing as a means for an organization to improve its competitiveness. Knowledge sharing can be defined in a variety of ways, but it essentially refers to the exchange of knowledge from an information giver to an information...

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  • Agile Requirements Prioritization in Practice: Results of an Industrial Survey

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    Agile software development stresses the importance of providing the customer with a product of a maximized business value. To achieve that, requirements prioritization is used. Agile development methods like Scrum define guidelines for prioritization, however practitioners do not necessarily have to follow them. Our goal was to investigate the industry practice related to requirements prioritization process, including its timing,...

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  • Opportunities and challenges for exploiting drones in agile manufacturing systems

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    - Procedia Manufacturing - Year 2020

    Drones have become an advanced supply chain implementation instrument, especially in connecting warehouses to outlet points or even individual customers. However, their potential application in an intra-logistics framework has not been studied, let alone explored so far. Modeling and simulations in virtual environments can help explore and evaluate the opportunities for practical and profitable applications of drones in manufacturing...

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  • Trigger-based Model to Assess the Readiness of IT Organizations to Agile Transformation

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    • C. Orłowski
    • T. Deręgowski
    • M. Kurzawski
    • A. Ziółkowski
    • B. Chrabski

    - Year 2016

    The process of change the method of project management from waterfall to agile is called “agile transformation” (AT). The decision to agile transformation is undertaken based on many different factors. Many companies decide to abandon classic, waterfall methodology for agile without prior analysis. This approach makes the processes of agile transformation is hard to control and frequently the implementation of agile fails. The...

  • Utilizing online collaborative games to facilitate Agile Software Development

    Effective collaboration and interaction among the development team and between the team and the customer as well as proactive attitude in initiating and implementing improvements play vital roles in the success of agile projects. The challenge is how to address these social aspects since neither the Agile Manifesto nor the Scrum Guide specify techniques that aid the human side of software development. To fill this gap, we developed...

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  • Introducing agile practices into development processes of safety critical software

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    In this paper we present AgileSafe - a method which supports introduction of agile practices into safety-critical software development processes. To represent safety assurance constraints resulting from the regulatory context, AgileSafe uses assurance case patterns. The knowledge base of AgileSafe helps the user to select the agile practices relevant for the considered software development project. The corresponding assurance case...

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  • Creative sprints: an unplanned broad agile evaluation and redesign process.

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    - Year 2014

    We report how a request for routine usability work rapidly evolved into a novel agile process for evaluation and redesign. This process is described and then analysed to identify reasons for success. This analysis supports realistic knowledge transfer between User Experience professionals by outlining how similar future processes could succeed.

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  • A Qualitative Study on Non-functional Requirements in Agile Software Development

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    Widespread use of agile software development (ASD) methods can be observed nowadays. Non-functional requirements (NFRs) are often reported to be a problematic issue for agile projects, since ASD methods tend to neglect NFRs while focusing on incremental delivery of functional features. Despite that, only very few studies have explored the requirements engineering practices used in ASD and dedicated particularly to NFRs. Objective:...

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  • The Reference Model of Tools Adaptation in the Perspective of Technological Agile Transformaton in IT Organizations

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    • C. Orłowski
    • B. Chrabski
    • A. Ziółkowski
    • T. Deręgowski
    • M. Kurzawski

    - Year 2016

    The scientific aim of the presented paper is the analysis of agile transformation processes in IT organizations in technological perspective of such transformation. The phenomenon of agile transformation becomes a complex challenge for an IT organization, since it has not been analysed in detail so far. There is not any research on the readiness of IT organizations for the realization of agile transformation processes, and such...

  • Evaluation of Readiness of IT Organizations to Agile Transformation Based on Case-Based Reasoning

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    - Year 2017

    Nowadays many of IT organization decides to change the way of delivering from classic, waterfall approach to agile. This transition is called “agile transformation” (AT). The problem of this process is that part of companies started AT without any analysis. This causes that many of transitions fails and organizations must return to old methods of delivering. Cost of return is significant and number of projects with violated project...

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  • PROBLEMY Z WDRAŻANIEM AGILE SCRUM NA PRZYKŁADZIE WOLTERS KLUWER

    Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie i analiza głównych problemów z wdrażaniem Agile Scrum na przykładzie Wolters Kluwer oraz próba odpowiedzi na pytanie w jaki sposób skutecznie wdrożyć metodykę Scrum w dużej organizacji stosującej tradycyjne metodyki zarządzania. Przedstawiono kluczowe zalety praktyki Scrum, oraz zakres wdrożenia w opisywanym przedsiębiorstwie. W artykule na podstawie badania i doświadczeń autora opisano główne...

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  • Communication and Documentation Practices in Agile Requirements Engineering: A Survey in Polish Software Industry

    Requirements engineering, system analysis and other analytical activities form the basis of every IT project. Such activities are not clearly defined in Agile development methods, but it does not mean that they are absent in an agile project. The aim of our work was to determine which practices related to requirements-related communication and which requirements documenting techniques are used in agile software projects. For this...

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  • Meeting Requirements Imposed by Secure Software Development Standards and Still Remaining Agile

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    The paper introduces the AgileSafe method of selecting agile practices for software development projects that are constrained by assurance requirements resulting from safety and/or security related standards. Such requirements are represented by argumentation templates which explain how the evidence collected during agile practices implementation will support the conformity with the requirements. Application of the method is demonstrated...

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  • Hybrid Approach in Project Management - Mixing Capability Maturity Model Integration with Agile Practices

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    This paper introduces an idea of hybrid approach in managing software development projects. The main goal of this research is to prove that it is possible to design consistent method for managing software development projects which is based on different corporate standards and methods. Authors also want to show that this new hybrid approach is beneficial for IT organization, triggers synergy effects and brings software development...

  • Assessment of risks introduced to safety critical software by agile practices - a software engineer's perspective

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    In this article we investigate the problem of applying agile practices into safety-critical projects.The goal of our research is to investigate potential benefits from introducing agile practicesinto safety-critical environment and to present a solution providing for balancing agileapproach with more disciplined assurance techniques, bringing the best of the two worlds together.In the article we present the supporting ideas such...

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  • Scientific Collaboration, Citation and Topic Analysis of International Conference on Agile Software Development Papers

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    - Year 2020

    The International Conference on Agile Software Development (XP) was established almost sixteen years ago. Based on data from Scopus database, a total of 789 papers have been published in between years of 2002 and 2018. We employed bibliometrics analysis and topic modeling with R/RStudio to analyze these published papers from various dimensions, including the most active authors, collaboration of authorship, most cited papers, used...

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  • Preliminary Citation and Topic Analysis of International Conference on Agile Software Development Papers (2002-2018)

    This study utilizes citation analysis and automated topic analysis of papers published in International Conference on Agile Software Development (XP) from 2002 to 2018. We collected data from Scopus database, finding 789 XP papers. We performed topic and trend analysis with R/RStudio utilizing the text mining approach, and used MS Excel for the quantitative analysis of the data. The results show that the first five years of XP...

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  • Agile approach in a transforming organization, a descriptive study of chosen Polish companies with rapid revenue growth

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    - Oeconomia Copernicana - Year 2018

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  • Risk Management in "Agile" methodologies using the example of Scrum and the IBM Rational Team Concert tool

    Publication

    - Year 2014

    Project risk is one of the key areas which should be subjected to a thorough analysis in any IT project. Project managers undertake steps to minimize risks, both in terms of organization (matching people to tasks or roles) as well as in terms of technology (using appropriate tools for the management and execution of tasks). Every method of project management defines and describes the processes and techniques related to knowledge...

  • A Case Study on Implementing Agile Techniques and Practices: Rationale, Benefits, Barriers and Business Implications for Hardware Development

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    Agile methodologies, along with the corresponding tools and practices, are claimed to facilitate teams in managing their work more effectively and conducting their work more efficiently while fostering the highest quality product within the constraints of the budget. Therefore, the rate of awareness and adoption of Agile frameworks both within and outside the software industry has increased significantly. Yet, the latest studies...

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  • Understanding Sustainable Knowledge-Sharing in Agile Projects: Utilizing Follow-the-Sun Technique (FTS) in Virtual Teams

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    - Year 2023

    In Agile IT projects, promoting effective knowledge sharing is essential not only for achieving success but also for supporting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, Companies using virtual teams may face challenges in coordinating work, particularly when teams are distributed across different time zones, ultimately hindering their ability to consistently share knowledge. This can lead to delays and inefficiencies, ultimately...

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  • A Systematic Literature Review on Implementing Non-functional Requirements in Agile Software Development: Issues and Facilitating Practices

    Agile Software Development methods have become a widespread approach used by the software industry. Non-functional requirements (NFRs) are often reported to be a problematic issue for such methods. We aimed to identify (within the context of Agile projects): (1) the issues (challenges and problems) reported as affecting the implementation of NFRs; and (2) practices that facilitate the successful implementation of NFRs. We conducted...

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  • Scaled agile framework. Dealing with software process‐related challenges of a financial group with the action research approach

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    - Journal of Software-Evolution and Process - Year 2022

    This article reports on a domain-specific software development venture at Nordea. We explore organizational constraints, challenges, and corrective actions undertaken when scaling the agile development approach of their Core Banking Platform program. The fit and required customizations of the rather complex and rigid SAFe framework in a policy-heavy financial institution are audited against the organic growth of the program. In...

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  • Agile Project Management

    e-Learning Courses
    • G. Zieliński

  • AGILE, DEVOPS AND LEAN IT IN VUCA WORLD

    e-Learning Courses
    • S. Wilczewski
    • J. Gryczka

  • Agile Project Management - ZIMA 2023/2024

    e-Learning Courses
    • G. Zieliński

  • Conference on Agile Software Development

    Conferences

  • International Conference on Agile Software Development

    Conferences

  • Agile (PAL-E) Szymon Bochus (jeden uczestnik z XII edycji, maj 2021))

    e-Learning Courses
    • J. Makowski

  • AGILE MINDSET Agile learning culture influence on dynamic capabilities of knowledge-based organizations: Polish-Finnish cross-country analysis of the IT vs. other sectors view

    Projects

    Project manager: dr hab. inż. Wioleta Kucharska   Financial Program Name: OPUS

    Project realized in Department of Management according to UMO-2022/47/B/HS4/00597 agreement from 2023-06-27

  • AGILE MINDSET Agile learning culture influence on dynamic capabilities of knowledge-based organizations: Polish-Finnish cross-country analysis

    Projects

    Project manager: dr hab. inż. Wioleta Kucharska

    Project realized in Department of Management according to UMO-2022/47/B/HS4/00597 agreement from 2023-06-27

  • AgileSafe Cooperation between SINTEF and Gdańsk University of Technology (Information Assurance Group)

    Projects

    Project manager: dr inż. Katarzyna Łukasiewicz   Financial Program Name: Polsko-Norweski Fundusz Współpracy Dwustronnej

    Project realized in Department of Software Engineering according to FWD/39/2017 agreement from 2017-07-07

  • Tomasz Zubowicz dr inż.

    Tomasz Zubowicz has received his M.Sc. Eng. degree in Control Engineering from the Faculty of Electrical and Control Engineering at the Gda{\'n}sk University of Technology (GUT) in $2008$. He received his Ph.D. Eng. (Hons.) in the field of Control Engineering from the same faculty in $2019$. In $2012$ he became a permanent staff member at the Department of Intelligent Control and Decision Support Systems at GUT and a member of...

  • Marek Wirkus dr hab. inż.

    People

    M. Sc. (1977 in the field of mechanical engineering technology and production management); Ph.D. degree in the field of Economic Sciences (1990; production management using IT techniques), habilitated doctor in the field of Economic Sciences, in the discipline of Management Sciences (2007 in the area of managing the portfolio of innovative projects); Co-creator of the Faculty of Management and Economics (1993); Vice Dean for Continuing...

  • Grzegorz Zieliński dr inż.

    Author of over 100 scientific publications (both in Polish and English) in the field of service management, entity improvement, including medical entities. Scientific and research interests include areas related to the maturity and excellence of enterprises in various aspects of their activities. He participated in research projects of the National Science Center and projects implemented by international consortia under the European...

  • Modern Methods of Software Development

    Publication

    - TASK Quarterly - Year 2015

    Software development methods consist of such activities like analysis, planning, development, testing, deployment, maintenance and retirement. All of them can be divided into two main categories - traditional and agile. The objective of this paper is to review some of the most popular traditional, agile and open source development methods. Special attention was paid to the common stages of all methods - testing and maintenance.

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  • Współczesne metody zapewniania jakości oprogramowania. Od klasyki do zwinności

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    - Year 2020

    Książka opisuje problematykę jakości w kontekście metod wytwarzania oprogramowania. Składa się z 22 rozdziałów podzielonych na 6 części: Znaczenie jakości oprogramowania, Podstawowe pojęcia i problemy jakości, Jakość w ujęciu klasycznym, Pomiary jakości, Dokumentacja i normy jakości procesu, Jakość w podejściu zwinnym. Zebrany materiał pokazuje ewolucję podejścia do jakości w klasycznych metodykach wytwarzania (od modelu kaskadowego...

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  • Applying agiile practices to the development of safety-critical software

    Development of safety critical software is subjected to numerous restrictions and recommendations. To meet these requirements classical software development models (e.g. V-model) are usually applied. Agile methodologies, although rapidly increasing their popularity, were generally regarded as unsuitable for such projects. However, they offer potential benefits which provide a strong incentive to incorporate them into safety-critical...

  • Game-based Sprint retrospectives: multiple action research

    In today’s fast-paced world of rapid technological change, software development teams need to constantly revise their work practices. Not surprisingly, regular reflection on how to become more effective is perceived as one of the most important principles of Agile Software Development. Nevertheless, running an effective and enjoyable retrospective meeting is still a challenge in real environments. As reported by several studies,...

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  • Overcoming Challenges of Virtual Scrum Teams: Lessons Learned Through an Action Research Study

    Publication

    - Year 2023

    After the COVID-19 breakout, agile teams found themselves in situations that “pure agilists” and textbooks on agile methods had preferred to ignore. Whereas agile mindsets helped them to quickly shift to remote work, mere virtualization of agile practices often proved insufficient, and several challenges emerged. This paper reports on an Action Research project carried out in Lufthansa Systems Poland with the aim of (1) revisiting...

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  • Playing the Sprint Retrospective

    In agile software development, where great emphasis is put on effective informal communication, success depends heavily on human and social factors. However, Scrum does not specify any techniques that aid the human side of software development. In this paper we investigate the use of 6 collaborative games for the Sprint Retrospective. Each game was implemented twice in a Scrum team in Intel Technology Poland. The received feedback...

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  • Adam Przybyłek dr

    Adam Przybyłek is an assistant professor at Gdansk University of Technology, Poland, where he has been working since October 2012. Between 2002 and 2011 he was a network consultant and instructor at Cisco Networking Academy. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Software Engineering in 2011. He also holds a master's degree in Management Information Systems. His main research interests are in empirical software engineering with focus...

  • Zarządzanie projektami w podejściu zwinnym

    Publication

    - Year 2022

    W opracowaniu opisane zostały wzorce postępowania stosowane w przypadku realizacji przedsięwzięć dużych i złożonych, takie jak Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) czy Nexus, spośród których najbardziej popularne jest to pierwsze podejście. Każda z tych metodyk zawiera wskazówki i wytyczne dotyczące tego, w jaki sposób koordynować prace wielu Zespołów Scrum. Wprowadzają one wydarzenia oraz role niezbędne w bardziej...

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  • Zwinne wytwarzanie oprogramowania - praktyki wspierane w środowisku IBM Jazz

    Publication
    • B. Chrabski

    - Year 2011

    W artykule zostało zaproponowane wykorzystanie technologii IBM Jazz w kontekście pracy grupowej proponowanej przez zwinne metodyki takie jak Scrum czy Disciplined Agile Delivery

  • Method of selecting programming practices for the safety-critical software development projects

    Publication

    - Year 2019

    In recent years a plan-driven approach traditionally used in safety-critical software development has been put to a test by rapidly changing technologies, more diverse group of clients and volatile market requirements. The need to deliver good quality systems, faster and at lower cost in comparison to competitors encouraged companies to look for more efficient solutions. Agile methodologies are known to successfully address these...

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  • Sebastian Wilczewski dr inż.

    PhD. Sebastian Wilczewski is employed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Informatics in Management, Faculty of Management and Economics. Additionally, he has been working in IT companies for over 20 years, where he held positions from an system engineer and consultant, through the position of Project Manager, Portfolio Manager and Process Owner to the position of Team Leader for a team of about 30 IT analysts. Areas...

  • Playing the Sprint Retrospective: A Replication Study

    Publication

    - Year 2020

    The Sprint Retrospective is a vehicle for continuous process improvement. Even though it is a well established agile practice, running effective retrospective meetings is challenging. There have been a lot of identified problems that commonly occur during these meetings. To address them, Przybyłek & Kotecka [20] successfully revitalized retrospective meetings by adopting collaborative games, which represent a powerful tool in improving...

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  • Building Dedicated Project Management Process Basing on Historical Experience

    Publication

    - Year 2017

    Project Management Process used to manage IT project could be a key aspect of project success. Existing knowledge does not provide a method, which enables IT Organizations to choose Project Management methodology and processes, which would be adjusted to their unique needs. As a result, IT Organization use processes which are not tailored to their specific and do not meet their basic needs. This paper is an attempt to fill this...

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  • Antecedents to Achieve Kanban Optimum Benefits in Software Companies

    Publication
    • M. Ahmad
    • A. Rohunen
    • P. Raulamo-jurvanen

    - Year 2019

    In 2004, Kanban successfully entered into the Agile and Lean realm. Since then software companies have been increasingly using it in software development teams. The goal of this study is to perform an empirical investigation on antecedents considered as important for achieving optimum benefits of Kanban use and to discuss the practical implications of the findings. We conducted an online survey with software professionals from...

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  • Scaling scrum with a customized nexus framework: A report from a joint industry‐academia research project

    Publication

    espite a wide range of scaling frameworks available, large-scale agile transformations are not straightforward undertakings. Few organizations have structures in place that fit the predefined workflows – while once one applies an off-the-shelf framework outside of its prescribed process, guidance quickly runs out. In this paper, we demonstrate how to instantiate a method configuration process using a lightweight experimental approach...

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  • Completeness and Consistency of the System Requirement Specification

    Although the System Requirement Specification, as a first formal and detailed document, is the base for the software project in classic software methodologies, there is a noticeable problem of assuring the completeness of this document. The lack of its completeness causes uncertainty of the project foundations. This was one of motivations for agile methodologies – if the SRS cannot be easily validated, if it can change in late project...

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  • Jakość oprogramowania w zwinnym podejściu do zarządzania projektami informatycznymi

    Publication

    Cel: Celem artykułu jest ocena, czy wykorzystanie podejścia zwinnego Scrum w organizacji podnosi jakość wytwarzanego oprogramowania oraz próba uzyskania odpowiedzi na pytanie, jak nowelizacja Przewodnika po Scrumie (Scrum Guide) z listopada 2020 roku wpłynęła na proces wytwarzania oprogramowania. Projekt badania/metodyka badawcza/koncepcja: Przyjętą metodyką badawczą jest przegląd literatury przedmiotu oraz badania własne autora....

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  • Anna Zielińska dr

    In 2016, she started her work at the Faculty of Management and Economics of the Gdańsk University of Technology. Since 2018, a member of the board of the International Project Management Association Young Crew Polska. Author of numerous scientific publications in the field of crisis management, project and health program management, and improvement of business entities. Scientific and research interests include program and project...

  • MaliciousIDE – software development environment that evokes emotions

    Emotions affect every aspect of human live, including work. Numerous studies in software engineering have shown that negative emotions can lower the productivity of programmers. Unlike traditional approaches to managing software development, modern methods, such as Agile and Lean, take into account human aspects of programming. To thoroughly investigate the impact of negative emotions on the work of programmers, a malicious integrated...

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  • Jerzy Proficz dr hab. inż.

    Jerzy Proficz, Ph.D. is the director of the Centre of Informatics – Tricity Academic Supercomputer & networK (CI TASK) at Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. He earned his Ph.D. (2012) in HPC (High Performance Computing) in the subject of supercomputer resource provisioning and management for on-line data processing D.Sc. (2022) in the discipline: Information and Communication Technology. Author and co-author of over 50...

  • Balancing agility and discipline in a research project

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    - Year 2007

    Successful software development requires both agility and discipline. Optimal selection of methods, however, is not an easy task. The problem becomes even more difficult for long lasting projects. Appropriate selection of methods involving skillful introduction and abandonment of certain practices in time makes the whole process dynamic. The paper presents in this context a research project which was realized in a few iterations....

  • Dylematy zarządzania adaptacyjnego projektem w przedsiębiorstwie mediowym

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    - Year 2022

    Artykuł dotyczy zarządzania mediami, dlatego odpowiednio zaprezentowano próbę możliwego podejścia opartego na zwinnych metodologiach zarządzania projektami. Artykuł przedstawia kolejno media i zarządzanie nimi (przegląd literatury), charakterystykę projektów mediowych, zwinne zarządzanie projektami, analizę zwinnego podejścia i zarządzania mediami wraz z propozycją nowego pomysłu,...

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  • Joanna Czerska dr inż.

    I am a woman whose mission and passion is the development of people and organizations. My motto is: "There is no such fantasy that human will and reason cannot transform into reality." William Shakespeare In my life I am guided by the values ​​of respect, teamwork and a positive attitude. They define me and decide what kind of person I am. My adventure with Lean began when I was writing my diploma thesis during my studies at WZiE...

  • Adopting collaborative games into Open Kanban

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    - Year 2016

    The crucial element of any agile project is people. Not surprisingly, principles and values such as "Respect for people", "Communication and Collaboration", "Lead using a team approach", and "Learn and improve continuously" are an integral part of Open Kanban. However, Open Kanban has not provided any tools or techniques to aid the human side of software development. Moreover, as a Lean initiative, it is not as comprehensively...

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  • What Is Troubling IT Analysts? A Survey Report from Poland on Requirements-Related Problems

    Requirements engineering and business analysis are activities considered to be important to software project success but also difficult and challenging. This paper reports on a survey conducted in Polish IT industry, aimed at identifying most widespread problems/challenges related to requirements. The survey was targeted at people performing role of analyst in commercial IT projects. The questionnaire included 64 pre-defined problems...

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  • Selecting Requirements Documentation Techniques for Software Projects: a Survey Study

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    A significant number of techniques dedicated to requirements specification and documentation is described in the available sources. As there is no purpose to use all of them, a selection has to be made, taking into consideration the context of a given software project, for example its size, usage of agile approach or stakeholders' technical competency. This paper is intended to provide guidelines for such selection. We reviewed...

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  • Zasady efektuacji w realizacji projektów w rzeczywistości VUCA

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    - Year 2020

    Rozdział dotyczy zasad efektuacyjnego modelu przedsiębiorczości jako odpowiedzi na wyzwania związane ze zmiennością, niepewnością, niejednoznacznością i złożonością otoczenia (tzw. rzeczywistość VUCA), w którym realizowane są projekty w gospodarce cyfrowej. Na tle rozważań teoretyczno-koncepcyjnych przedstawiono wyniki badań empirycznych, które przeprowadzono w zespołach projektowych IT o różnym poziomie wirtualności. Wskazano...

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  • Developing competences of IT project managers using simulation games

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    Project Management is a domain in which methodological approach is developing very rapidly. Project managers are required to present knowledge of the various methods of project management and apply them to the management of specific projects. It means that project managers must constantly develop their competence, mainly based on good practices from different formal methods of project management. The purpose of this article is...

  • Hybridization of valuation procedures as a medicine supporting the real estate market and sustainable land use development during the covid-19 pandemic and afterwards

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    • M. Renigier-Biłozor
    • S. Źróbek
    • M. Walacik
    • A. Janowski

    - LAND USE POLICY - Year 2020

    Currently we are facing the pandemic situation that occur all over the world. Regardless the country or even the region, the negative consequences that are expected could be very big and the level of crisis is not predictable. This situation is the challenge for the real estate market as well. Due to this fact, the authors believe that there is the time when deep transformation of approaches, procedures and awareness related to...

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  • Analiza sentymentu jako narzędzie monitorowania wyników finansowych przedsiębiorstwa

    Media społecznościowe tworzą globalną platformę do dzielenia się interesującymi pomysłami lub nowościami, komentarzami i recenzjami. Stanowią bogate źródło danych do eksploracji opinii w celu pozyskania wcześniej nieznanej i użytecznej wiedzy biznesowej, która umożliwi nie tylko zwinne zarządzanie na rzecz skutecznej obsługi klienta, ale również powinna mieć odzwierciedlenie w finansowych wynikach przedsiębiorstwa. Za główny cel...

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  • Overview of new product development strategies and models

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    - Catallaxy - Year 2023

    Motivation: The motivation for the overview presented in this article is to provide a starting point for considering whether existing new product development methodology and its level of detail allows product teams to develop high-quality and business-effective product concepts. Aim: The aim of this article is recognise the current state of research into new product development methodology and to present the strategies and models...

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  • Pączkowanie - metoda rozwoju interoperacyjnych komponentów dla systemów rozproszonych = Budding – the software development method of interoperable components for distributed systems

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    - Year 2010

    Przedstawiono 2 współczesne metody wytwarzania oprogramowania: iteracyjno-przyrostową oraz techniki zwinne, ich zalety i wady w kontekście budowy interoperacyjnych platform i środowisk rozproszonych. Zaprezentowano metodę rozwoju oprogramowania przez pączkowanie, jej założenia, zalety i wady. Przedstawiono technologie, na bazie których działa metodologia wytwarzania oprogramowania przez pączkowanie: Software Product Line, Enterprise...

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  • Overview of new product development strategies and models

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    - Catallaxy - Year 2023

    Motivation: The motivation for the overview presented in this article is to provide a starting point for considering whether existing new product development methodology and its level of detail allows product teams to develop high-quality and business-effective product concepts. Aim: The aim of this article is recognise the current state of research into new product development methodology and to present the strategies...

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  • Jakub Miler dr inż.

    Academic career: 2000: Master of Science - Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, thesis "Computer system for supporting risk management in a software engineering project", supervisor prof. Janusz Górski 2005: PhD - Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, thesis "A Method of Software Project Risk Identification and Analysis",...

  • Software development methodologies and practices in start-ups

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    - IET Software - Year 2019

    Software start-ups are aiming to develop cutting-edge software products under highly uncertain conditions, overcoming fast-growing markets under multiple influences. This study aims to identify and analyse the existing scientific literature regarding software development methodologies and practices in software start-ups published between January 2006 and December 2017 using the systematic mapping study. The results identified 37...

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  • Szymon Grocholski

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  • Cooperative control in production and logistics

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    • L. Monostori
    • P. Valckenaers
    • A. Dolgui
    • H. Panetto
    • M. Brdyś
    • B. Csáji

    - ANNUAL REVIEWS IN CONTROL - Year 2015

    Classical applications of control engineering and information and communication technology (ICT) in production and logistics are often done in a rigid, centralized and hierarchical way. These inflexible approaches are typically not able to cope with the complexities of the manufacturing environment, such as the instabilities, uncertainties and abrupt changes caused by internal and external disturbances, or a large number and variety...

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  • Glossary [Intellectual Output 1] Glossary as a method for reflection on complex research questions

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    Globalization and digitization are strongly influencing the process of shaping the built environment. The latter is causing the new design tools to emerge faster than ever before in history, while the former is speeding up not only the development, but also the broad roll-out of more agile and interdisciplinary methodologies and work approaches. The design process is also becoming more and more inter- and trans-disciplinary. This...

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  • Sławomir Ostrowski dr inż.

    Sławomir Ostrowski is a research and didactic employee employed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Informatics in Management at the Faculty of Management and Economics of the Gdańsk University of Technology. In 2018, he obtained a PhD in economic sciences in the discipline of management science. A graduate of uniform Master's-engineering studies in Management (specialization: IT Technology Management) at the Faculty...

  • Jacek Nikodem

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    Dataset - tablice rejestracyjne Archiwa zabezpieczone hasłem - proszę o kontakt w celu przekazania klucza do plików.

  • Anna Maria Trzaskowska dr inż.

    Anna Maria Trzaskowska has been employed as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Management and Economics at the Department of Informatics in Management since 2017. For over 2 years she was the Deputy Head of the Department. A member of the Board of the Pomeranian Branch of the Polish Information Processing Society. Current scientific interests fall within the areas of agile methods, lean management in higher education, digitization...

  • Building Project and Project Team Characteristics For Creating Hybrid Management Processes

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    • C. Orłowski
    • T. Deręgowski
    • M. Kurzawski
    • A. Ziółkowski
    • B. Chrabski

    - Year 2016

    This paper introduces a method of building the characteristic of Software Development Project. Project characteristic is determined on the basis of several factors such as the complexity of Software Development Project and Project Team, results of historical projects and information on processes and methodologies, which are implemented in analyzed organizations. Information on project complexity can be applied to many different...

  • Paweł Pszczoliński mgr inż.

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    Centrum Usług Informatycznych PG

  • Michał Nowacki mgr inż.