SAMPLE: Questionnaire on software development

PART I

Background Information

1.  Job Title:  What is your position in the software development field?

ð       Software developer

ð       Testing and quality assurance

ð       Infrastructure setting

ð       Configuration management

ð       Product support

ð       Other (specify) ____________________

2. Experience:How many years of experience do you have in the software development field?

ð       Less than 6 months

ð       Less than 1 year

ð       Less than 3 years

ð       More than 5 years

3. Number of employees:  What is the approximate number of employees in  your department?

ð       Less than 20

ð       20- 50 people

ð       51- 100 people

ð       101-250 people

ð       More than 250 people

4 A) Teamwork policy:   Does the department have a policy of working in teams?

ð       Yes

ð       No

   B) If yes, what is the average team size ?

ð       2 people

ð       3- 5 people

ð       6- 10 people

ð       11-20 people

ð       More than  20 people

PART II

Usage of AgileMethods

5. A):  Usage of agile methods: Does thedepartment/team use agile methods?

ð       Yes

ð       No

    If yes,  answer the relevant parts of this questionnaire. If no, move to question 6

B) Agile methods used: which agile methods are used ?

ð       Crystal

ð       Scrum

ð       Extreme programming (XP)

ð        Others (specify) _____________  

    C) Time of usage: For how long has the department/team been using agile methods?

ð       Less than 1 year

ð       Less than 3 years

ð       Less than 5 years

ð       More than 5 years

   D) Level of adoption:What is the level of adoption of agilemethods?

ð       Struggling to adopt

ð       Fairly adopted

ð       Well  adopted

PART III

Usage of Waterfall Methods

6. A):  Usage of waterfall methods: Does the department/team use waterfall methods?

ð       Yes

ð       No

    If yes,  answer the relevant parts of this questionnaire.

B) Time  of usage: For how long has the department/team been using waterfall methods?

ð       Less than 1 year

ð       Less than 3 years

ð       Less than 5 years

ð       More than 5 years

C) Level of adoption:   What is the level of adoption of  waterfall methods?

ð       Struggling to adopt

ð       Fairly adopted

ð       Well  adopted

PART IV

Use of Agile inWaterfall Methodologies

7. A) Usage: Does your department/team combine  the usage of agile and waterfall methodologies?

ð       Yes

ð       No

B) Time of usage: For how long has the department/team  been usingcombined agile and waterfall methods?

ð       Less than 1 year

ð       Less than 3 years

ð       Less than 5 years

ð       More than 5 years

C)Phase: Where do you think the integration of agile methods into waterfall methods can best be applied?

ð       Project planning

ð       Systems analysis and requirements gathering

ð       System design 

ð       System development

ð       System implementation   

ð       System Integration and testing  

ð       Others (specify) ____________

ð       None

D) Benefits:
What are the benefits of integration of agile methods into waterfall? (Select all that apply)

ð       Improved quality

ð       Lower cost

ð       Faster development time

ð       Improved ability to meet changing requirements

ð       Others (specify) ____________

ð       None

PART V

Goals and Challenges

8. A) Why agile?    What are the main business requirements or inadequacies of waterfall that are causing you to consider agile?

ð       Less agility and adaptibility

ð       Higher cost

ð       Slow delivery process

ð       Less efficiency

ð       Others (specify)_____________________

      B) Goals: The goals of using agile methods was arrived at through?

ð       General meetings

ð       Consultations with the employees

ð       Field research

ð       Customer driven

ð       Public forums

ð       I don’t know

      C)Scope:   What is the scope of the agile and waterfall goals?

ð       Enterprise

ð       Departmental

ð       Regional

ð       Project-based

9. A) Challenges: Does the adoption of agile and waterfall methods face challenges?

ð       Yes

ð       No

    If yes, answer parts B and C

B) At what level did the challenges in integrating agile and waterfall methods arise?

ð       Employee’s level ( e.g skills required)

ð       Implementation level (e.g company’s infrastructure and policies)

ð       Integration with systems in the organization’s Customer level ( e.g customer preference)

ð       Others (specify) _______________________

C) Rate of challenge: How would you rate these challenges?

ð       Has no impact

ð       Mild and manageable

ð       Severe

10. A) Did adopting agile and waterfall methods result in a change in the operations of the organization?

ð       Yes

ð       No

   If yes, answer parts B and C of this question

       B) How would you rate the effects of adopting agile and waterfall methods?

ð       Positive

ð       Negative

ð       Both positive and negative

If positive,  fill part (i).  If  negative,  fill part (ii).  If both, fill part (i) and (ii).

 (i) Which sector in the department/team was most positively affected by the integration  of agile and waterfall methods?

ð       Service delivery

ð       Employee welfare

ð       Product completion

ð       Others (specify) _________________

(ii) Which sector of the department/team was negatively affected by the integration of agile and waterfall methods?

ð       Service delivery

ð       Employee welfare

ð       Product completion

ð       Others (specify) _________________

C) i) Business case:   Was the inclusion of agile techniques into waterfall driven by a business case? 

ð       Yes, with proven ROI

ð       Yes, with intangible benefits only

ð       No, business case.

    ii) Metrics.    How was the success of agile into waterfall measured?

ð       With quantitative metrics tied to business performance

ð       With qualitative metrics tried to business performance

ð       With quanitative metrics tied to project performance

ð       With quantitative metrics tied to project performance

ð       No specific measurement methodology

What measure of success you identified in the integration of agile methods into Waterfall?

ð       Lower production cost

ð       Shorten delivery times

ð       Increase Agility

ð       Increase adaptibility

ð       Others (specify) ____________

ð       None

11. What are the critical success factors in integrating agile and waterfall?

(select all)

o   Trust

o   Skill set

o   Continued improvement

o   Less risky

o   Customer satisfaction

o   Others (specify) __________________

PART V

Non- adopter  Reasons and Plans to Adopt Agile and WaterfallMethods

Note: this section is to be filled by those people working in the department/teamthat have not adopted agile and waterfall methods of software development

11. What are the reasons of not adopting agile and waterfall methods in your company?

ð       Additional cost

ð       Lack of qualified personnel

ð       Effect on the customer specification

ð       Effect on the staff service delivery

ð       Others (specify) _____________________

12. A) Do you have plans of adopting agile?

ð       Yes

ð       No

If yes, fill parts B and C

B)  Which agile methods do you plan to adopt in your department/team?

ð       Crystal

ð       Scrum

ð       Extreme programming (Xp)

ð       None

ð       Others (specify) _____________

           C) What are the  reasons for adopting agile  methods in future?

ð       Improved service delivery

ð       Boost employees working environment

ð       Increased customer satisfaction

ð       Increased profitability

ð       Others (specify) ________________