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USC Response -Barry Boehm. USC research topics Other Observations Recommended Reading Stephen Toulmin, Cosmopolis. USC Research Topics . Empirical Studies – USC e-services projects Method selection, compostion, guidelines
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USC Response-Barry Boehm • USC research topics • Other Observations • Recommended Reading • Stephen Toulmin, Cosmopolis
USC Research Topics • Empirical Studies – USC e-services projects • Method selection, compostion, guidelines • Size, criticality, dynamism, skills, interdependencies (product lines, systems of systems), inconsistent assumptions (trust customer vs. YAGNI) • Agile/CMMI similarities and differences • CMMI tensions: level 5 vs. level 4
USC Research Topics (cont’d) • Acquisition guidelines • In context of Future Combat Systems, FAA • Role of people and skill needs • Pre- and Post- comfort levels (pair programming) • Rapid development of tacit knowledge • WinWin, stories/scenarios/prototypes,…
Other Observations • How much (documentation) is enough? Vs. How much is best? • Documentation to give to maintainers vs. • Putting maintainers on the team • Best transition to agile depends on where you come from • Hackers: cool, extreme stuff • SEPG’s: anticipating Level 5 • TDD and requirements
Stephen Toulmin, Cosmopolis • Cartesian/modernist agenda: • Apply laws of cosmos (planetary motion) • To the polis (body politic)
Universal Written Timeless General Situational Verbal Time-sensitive Specific Stephen Toulmin, Cosmopolis (cont’d) Cartesian/Modernism Postmodernism