Software description
1. Computer program description. The software is framed within a reality where the sole constant is change. The difficulty in adapting to this context of conventional focusses has given way to agile methodologies which, in spite of their fledgling nature, have been widely accepted on the market. Agile methodologies create value for the client, from the early stages of the project, giving it a competitive advantage, enabling changing requirements to be faced and constituting an injection of pragmatism to software engineering.
Agile Management Tool, hereafter called AMT, is a tool giving support to project management with agile methodologies. AMT supports the following functions, amongst others:
User History Management:
General information about User History
Attached files
Task breakdown
Introduction of acceptance criteria
Task Management
Assignment of manager
Task estimation
Status transition support
Automatic accounting for time worked
Iteration Management
Iteration planning
Backlog iteration creation
Project management
Backlog Product creation
Personnel diary Management
Shared use of files
Communication via instant messaging
System language set up
The AMT architecture is spread out over three layers and two levels. The AMTServer machine contains the data layer. The AMTClient machines contain the business and user layers. This solution means that several clients can work on the same project simultaneously regardless of where they are physically.
Communication between the AMT Client and AMT Server is done using RMI (Remote Method Invocation). RMI is a mechanism offered in Java to invoke methods remotely.
The database is accessed using JDBC (Java Data Base Connectivity).
2. Programming language.
The AMT tool was implemented using Java programming language and, specifically, the JDK compiler, version 1.6.4., was used.
3. Operating environment.
The system consists of two clearly differentiated elements. On the one hand, there is AMTClient, which should be run on Windows XP or Windows Vista operating systems, and on the other there is AMT Server, which can be run on a UNIX-type, Windows or Solaris system.
The database manager used is MySQL v5.0.
Reference
M-001184/2009
