Scrumlity: A Quality User Story Framework
Claudia TONA,
Samantha JIMÉNEZ,
Reyes JUÁREZ-RAMÍREZ,
Rafael GONZÁLEZ PACHECO LÓPEZ,
Ángeles QUEZADA,
César Arturo GUERRA GARCÍA https://doi.org/10.15514/ISPRAS-2023-35(1)-6
Abstract
Scrum is one of many agile frameworks and is considered the most popular and widely adopted. Although Scrum presents several advantages, process and final product quality continue to be Scrum’s main challenges. The quality assessment should be an essential activity in the software development process. Several authors have attempted to improve the quality of Scrum projects, changing some aspects of the framework, such as including new quality practices, a quality role, and quality processes. However, the quantification of quality is still a challenge. For that reason, the authors proposed a framework called Scrumlity, which was defined in a previous study. This framework proposes a change to Scrum, including a quality role and some artifacts to evaluate quality through a complete execution of a Sprint. In this study, the authors add a User Story Quality assessment to the framework. The User Story Quality Assessment includes over 250 analyzed User Stories. Results obtained after this experiment indicate the importance of executing a User Story Quality Assessment and that Scrum Team members are willing to accept adding this to the framework.
About the Authors
Claudia TONA
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
Mexico
Mexico
Master of Science, Professor
Samantha JIMÉNEZ
Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana
Mexico
Mexico
Doctor of Science, Full Professor
Reyes JUÁREZ-RAMÍREZ
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
Mexico
Mexico
Doctor of Computer Science, Full Professor
Rafael GONZÁLEZ PACHECO LÓPEZ
San Diego Global Knowledge University
United States
United States
Researcher
Ángeles QUEZADA
Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana
Mexico
Mexico
PhD in Computer Science
César Arturo GUERRA GARCÍA
Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí
Mexico
Mexico
Doctor of Computer Science, Full Time Professor
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TONA C., JIMÉNEZ S., JUÁREZ-RAMÍREZ R., GONZÁLEZ PACHECO LÓPEZ R., QUEZADA Á., GUERRA GARCÍA C. Scrumlity: A Quality User Story Framework. Proceedings of the Institute for System Programming of the RAS (Proceedings of ISP RAS). 2023;35(1):87-100. https://doi.org/10.15514/ISPRAS-2023-35(1)-6
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