2012–2015
Tekes
Budget DFT: 703 000 €
Completed
Agile and lean practices are widely and successfully utilized in the field of software engineering. Common insight is that they improve not only the efficiency of the work but also the well-being at work. The objective of the AgiES project is to apply agile and lean design practices to the designing of embedded ICT systems. The aim is to develop agile design practices to be suitable for designing embedded systems, including both hardware and software, in a way that advances both efficiency and well-being at work. The design practices will be utilized in the partner companies collaborating in the project and these practices will be inspected in collaboration with Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (Työterveyslaitos). The main deliverable of the project is a pragmatic handbook, which will provide guidelines for Finnish embedded product development companies, their customers and other stakeholders to understand and adopt agile and lean product development practices.
Partners
The two-year project is carried out in collaboration with Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, several industry partners which include:
- BA Group Oy
- Finnish Software Measurement Association FiSMA ry
- Lindorff Finland Oy
- Neoxen Systems
- Nextfour Group Oy
- Nordic ID Oy
- Ericsson Oy
In addition to industrial partners, the project has other partners including:
- Agile Finland ry
- Suomen tuotannonohjausyhdistys STO ry
- TEK Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland
- Turku Science Park Oy
- Yrityssalo Oy
- Turku Agile Group ry
An international research partner of the project is Associate Professor Norio Tokumaru from Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan.
AgiES Press release (in Finnish)
Publications
Short-Term Physiological Strain and Recovery among Employees Working with Agile and Lean Methods in Software and Embedded ICT SystemsInternational Journal of Human–Computer Interaction14 Feb / 2017
[paper]
Agile Methods in Embedded System Development: Multiple-Case Study of Three Industrial CasesJournal of Systems and SoftwareAugust/2016
[paper]
Project Management Tools in Agile Embedded Systems DevelopmentMaster's Thesis2014
[paper]
Sulautettujen järjestelmien ketterä käsikirjaISBN: 978-951-29-5837-5 (print), 978-951-29-5838-2 (pdf)2014
[website]
Agile Principles in the Embedded System Development15th International Conference, XP 20142014
[paper]
Work-in-Progress – AgiES: Agile Methods for Embedded System DevelopmentDesign Automation Conference, Work-in-Progress sessionJune 2013
Agile Methods for Embedded Systems Development – A Literature Review and a Mapping StudyEURASIP Journal on Embedded Systems2013:15
[paper]