[Python-Dev] Fwd: survey about the use of agile practices (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- 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.

1. 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.

2. 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

3. 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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