Entrepreneurial software engineering: towards a hybrid development method for early-stage startups
- A considerable share of innovative software-intensive products is developed by startups. However, product development in an early-stage startup is not a sequential process. A business idea is usually based on a number of assumptions. The riskiest assumptions need to be tested. Depending on the test results, a product strategy may change several times. This raises the question of how to create sufficiently stable software using engineering principles despite a dynamic product strategy that is subject to many uncertainties. Hybrid development methods that combine agile aspects with classical engineering methods seem to be a good choice in such a start-up context. This paper proposes a lightweight hybrid development method that provides early-stage startups with a framework to support the development of single-feature minimum viable products. The method was derived from a start-up company's founding case and evaluated in expert interviews. The proposed method is intended to provide a basis for discussion between practitioners and scientists with the aim of better understanding the application of software engineering principles in software start-ups.
Author of HS Reutlingen | Münch, Jürgen; Kuhrmann, Marco (ohne Affiliation HS RT) |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:rt2-opus4-35121 |
URL: | https://fa-wi-maw.gi.de/fileadmin/FA/WI-MAW/Rundbriefe/3037624_GI_45_Rundbrief_JG27.pdf |
ISSN: | 1610-5753 |
Erschienen in: | WI-MAW-Rundbrief |
Publisher: | Fachausschuß Management der Anwendungsentwicklung und -wartung |
Place of publication: | Klagenfurt |
Editor: | Martin Engstler, Masud Fazal-Baqaie |
Document Type: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
Publication year: | 2021 |
Contributing Corporation: | Gesellschaft für Informatik e. V. |
Tag: | entrepreneurial software engineering; guideline; hybrid method; lean startup; method proposal; software startup |
Volume: | 27 |
Issue: | 1 |
Page Number: | 11 |
First Page: | 5 |
Last Page: | 15 |
DDC classes: | 004 Informatik |
Open access?: | Ja |
Licence (German): | Open Access |