Applied Research On Scrum Agile Software Development Methodology In SunGard

With the development of times, the requirement for software development needs to change faster and faster. How to quickly response to the frequent requirements’changes and deliver the High quality software is becoming the vital successful factors. Therefore it raises the higher desires for project management. At the time a light weight methodology-Agile is born,In recent years, Scrum as a popular agile software development method gained more and more attention, many domestic and foreign software companies have begun to promote and practice the Scrum agile software development methodology. The main motivation behind it is to adopt agile development to improve the quality of the final software product, motivate developers, and increase their responsibilities and improve stakeholder’s satisfaction. However, applying agile software development in company is not always smooth sailing; Software companies always face with various challenges. Some of the traditional forms of organization in software development team are not suitable for the promotion and application of agile software development methodology.Based on the theory of Agile and Scrum method, SunGard’s AWS project is studied by case study method. This paper summarizes the transition process AWS project from the traditional waterfall approach to the agile approach, analyzes the problems encountered by AWS project when it applied Scrum method, and the corresponding solutions. Finally, it summarizes the results AWS project obtained after it applied Scrum method.