Abstract

Plan-driven Project Management is a highly relevant approach for successful systems and software development projects, and its application is pursued uniformly. Agile Project Management practices, in contrast, are highly flexible and varied, and their learning and correct application has been found a challenging task. In other Engineering Management domains, IDEF0-based models have been satisfactorily used for documenting process guides, but their study in agile practices has been scarce. This paper investigates whether the IDEF0-based models for agile Project Management guides, as in Scrum and XP practices, can improve the usefulness, learning, and value metrics when compared to using standard guides. A quantitative experimental evaluation conducted with 58 international subjects and blocked on the variables of Practical Experience and Knowledge on Scrum/XP methods found that the IDEF0-based guides were evaluated with better metrics than the standard guides in 11 paired t-tests, and similarly in the remaining 16 ones. This study thus provides empirical evidence of positive impacts by using the IDEF0-based models for digital guides of agile practices and fosters their utilization and further research in the agile Engineering Management domain.

摘要

计划驱动的项目管理是与成功的系统和软件开发项目高度相关的方法，它的应用得到了统一的追求。相比之下，敏捷项目管理实践具有高度的灵活性和多样性，学习和正确应用它们是一项具有挑战性的任务。在其他工程管理领域，基于 IDEF0 的模型已被成功地用于记录过程指南，但它们在敏捷实践中的研究却很少。本文研究了与使用标准指南相比，基于 IDEF0 的敏捷项目管理指南模型（如 Scrum 和 XP 实践）是否可以提高实用性、学习和价值指标。t测试，其余 16 个测试也是如此。因此，本研究通过将基于 IDEF0 的模型用于敏捷实践的数字指南，提供了积极影响的经验证据，并促进了它们在敏捷工程管理领域的利用和进一步研究。