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Analysis of Emergent and Evolving Information: The Agile Planning Case

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Software and Data Technologies (ICSOFT 2009)

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Some information structures are by nature emergent and evolving and as a consequence the retrievable knowledge keeps shifting patterns like a kaleidoscope. Hence, information analysis can be a complex and tedious task. The planning task of agile teams is an example of such a complex information analysis task. In this paper, we present a lightweight planning tool. ASAP is inspired by concepts and principles from spatial hypertext, which have proven successful in supporting information analysis tasks. ASAP runs on a large interactive vertical display on which electronic task cards can be organized into iterations and releases using card hierarchies and separators (a novel visual concept). Several views of the evolving plan are automatically generated to assist the agile team with overviews of tasks, estimates, and assignments. Views are instantly updated to reflect changes to the plan.

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  1. The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark

    Rasmus Rosenqvist Petersen & Uffe Kock Wiil

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  1. Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication (INSTICC), Rua do Vale de Chaves, Estefanilha, 2910-761, Setúbal, Portugal

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  2. INSTICC, Avenida D. Manuel I, 2910, Setúbal, Portugal

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  3. Interdisciplinary Institute for Collaboration and Research on Enterprise Systems and Technology – IICREST, P.O. Box 104, 1618, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Boris Shishkov

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Petersen, R.R., Wiil, U.K. (2011). Analysis of Emergent and Evolving Information: The Agile Planning Case. In: Cordeiro, J., Ranchordas, A., Shishkov, B. (eds) Software and Data Technologies. ICSOFT 2009. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 50. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20116-5_20

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