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The best of adaptive and predictive methodologies: open source software development, a balance between agility and discipline

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  • Chitu Okoli
  • Kevin Carillo

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Open source software development (OSSD) is a promising alternative for synthesising agile and plan-driven (e.g., waterfall) software development methodologies that retains most benefits of the two approaches. We contrast the traditional systems development life cycle approach, more recent agile software development methods, and OSSD. We compare the first two approaches with OSSD, highlighting its synthesis of benefits from both, with unique benefits of its own, offering solutions to areas where the other methodologies continue to face difficulties. OSSD is highly responsive to user needs, and potentially draws talent from a global team of developers. OSSD is a relatively low-risk methodology with potentially high return on investment. While not appropriate for all applications, especially those where the needed applications are extremely idiosyncratic to one company, it is nonetheless a valuable asset in an organisation's portfolio of software development solutions.

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  • Chitu Okoli & Kevin Carillo, 2012. "The best of adaptive and predictive methodologies: open source software development, a balance between agility and discipline," International Journal of Information Technology and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 11(1/2), pages 153-166.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijitma:v:11:y:2012:i:1/2:p:153-166
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    1. Melchor-Ferrer, Elias & Buendía-Carrillo, Dionisio, 2014. "Financial information management for university departments, using open-source software," International Journal of Information Management, Elsevier, vol. 34(2), pages 191-199.

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