Scrumconix: Agile and Documented Method to AGSD

Abstract

Many companies have adopted agile software development (ASD), mainly due to it can handle scarce requirements. However, some unsolved challenges exist in ASD, particularly in global software development (GSD) companies (known as AGSD). These challenges include ASD lax documentation contrasted by the methodological standardization required in GSD, due to its inherent distances. Lax documentation leads to documentation debt and architectural knowledge (AK) vaporization, which cause negative effects on the development process and on the product itself. In order to reduce these effects, we propose Scrumconix, a hybrid method that uses a lightweight approach to document in AGSD environments, which also aims to decrease the effect of linguistic and cultural distances. In addition, we present preliminary results of Scrumconix implementation in a Mexican AGSD company.