Siva Dorairaj, PhD Student

M.Sc (University Science of Malaysia), B.Sc (Hons) (University Science of Malaysia)

Research on Distributed Agile Software Development

Exploring distributed Agile software development from the perspective of Agile practitioners. I conduct one-on-one interviews with Agile practitioners who have experience in distributed Agile software development. The purpose of the interview is to capture participant's experience in Agile software development. The interviews are completely confidential and anonymous (personal particulars will not be used in any publication, or revealed to anyone). So far, I have conducted 55 interviews with participants from the USA, Australia, and India. The preliminary findings have been published in XP2010, ISEC2011, and XP2011.

Biography

Siva Dorairaj is a senior lecturer from Universiti Tenaga Nasional in Malaysia. He is doing his PhD in Software Engineering. His research interests are Agile Software Engineering, Agile Project Management, Object-oriented Technique, and Teaching/Learning Computer Programming. He has 12 years of experience in corporate training involving .NET Technology (C#.NET, VB.NET, C++.NET Managed Extension, XML Web Services) and Java Technology.

Publications:

1) Siva Dorairaj, James Noble, Petra Malik. Effective Communication in Distributed Agile Software Development Teams. Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming, 12th International Conference,XP 2011, Madrid, Spain, May 10-13, 2011. Proceedings, pp102 - 116, Springer.

2) Siva Dorairaj, James Noble, Petra Malik. Bridging Cultural Differences: A Grounded Theory Perspective. In Proceedings of the 4th India Software Engineering Conference, ISEC 2011, ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp3-10. DOI=10.1145/1953355.1953357 http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1953355.1953357. Feb 23-26, 2011.

3) Siva Dorairaj, James Noble, Petra Malik, "Distributed Agile Software Development: Towards a Grounded Theory", The 9th New Zealand Computer Science Research Student Conference, NZCSRSC 2011, New Zealand, 18-21 April 2011.

4) Siva Dorairaj, James Noble, Petra Malik. Understanding the Importance of Trust in Distributed Agile Projects: A Practical Perspective. Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming, 11th International Conference,XP 2010, Trondheim, Norway, June 1-4, 2010. Proceedings, pp172 - 177, Springer.

5) Siva Dorairaj, James Noble, Petra Malik, "Exploring Distributed Agile Projects: A Grounded Theory Perspective", The 8th New Zealand Computer Science Research Student Conference, NZCSRSC 2010, New Zealand, 12-15 April 2010.

6) Siva Dorairaj, Saraswathy Shamini, Jaspaljeet Singh, Mohana Shanmugam, "Experimenting with Industry's Pair-Programming Model in Teaching & Learning Programming", Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information Technology & Multimedia, Malaysia, 18-19 Nov 2008.

7) Jaspaljeet Singh, Siva Dorairaj, Saraswathy Gunasekaran, Mohana Shanmugam, "Designing Computer Games to Introduce Programming to Children", Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information Technology & Multimedia, Malaysia, 18-19 Nov 2008.

8) Saraswathy Gunasekaran, Siva Dorairaj, Jaspaljeet Singh, Mohana Shanmugam, "Befriending Computer Programming - A Cognitive Approach Towards Learning C Programming", Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information Technology & Multimedia, Malaysia, 18-19 Nov 2008.

9) Mohana Shanmugam, Siva Dorairaj, Saraswathy Gunasekaran, Jaspaljeet Singh, "Development of Education Portal using Microsoft Windows SharePoint - An Overview", Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information Technology & Multimedia, Malaysia, 18-19 Nov 2008.

10) Siva Dorairaj, Jaspaljeet Singh, "Programming Excellence through Academic Competition - Case Study iPC 2008 ", National Student Development Conference, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 22-23 October 2008.

11) Jaspaljeet Singh, Siva Dorairaj, Peter Woods, "Learning Computer Programming Using A Board Game - A Case Study on C-Jump", International Symposium on Information and Communication Technologies (M2USIC 2007), Multimedia University (Malaysia), 19-20 Nov 2007.

12) Badmanathan Tanggawelu, Siva Dorairaj, "Network Losses in TNB Distribution System" , Proceedings of the 14th Conference of the Electric Power Supply Industry (CEPSI), Fukuoka (Japan), 5-8 Nov 2002.

Awards:

1) Academic grant from Agile Alliance to participate in Agile 2011 conference in Salt Lake City (USA), August 2011

2) Faculty Strategic Research Grant from Faculty of Engineering (School of Engineering and Computer Science) to participate in XP2011 (in Spain) and for data collection in India, May 2011.

3) Faculty Strategic Research Grant from Faculty of Engineering (School of Engineering and Computer Science) to participate in ISEC2011 (in Trivandrum) and for data collection in India, February 2011.

4) Post Graduate Student Association of Victoria University of Wellington (PGSA-VUW) travel grant, December 2010

5) Contribution from SPPI research grant to participate in Agile Australia 2010 (in Melbourne) and for data collection in Australia, September 2010.

6) Faculty Strategic Research Grant from Faculty of Engineering (School of Engineering and Computer Science) to participate in XP2010 (in Norway) and for data collection in India, June 2010.

7) Travel grant from Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Malaysia) for data collection in USA, August 2009.

8) Academic grant from Agile Alliance to participate in Agile 2009 conference in Chicago (USA), August 2009.

9) PhD Scholarship from Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Malaysia), March 2009.

10) Full scholarship to participate in the Tenth Commonwealth Study Conference (CSC 2007) in New Delhi, India, April 2007.

11) Travel grant from TNB Research (Malaysia) to participate in the 14th Conference of the Electric Power Supply Industry in Fukuoka (Japan), November 2002.

Favourite Quotes:

"The beauty and charm of selfless love and service should not die away from the face of the earth. The world should know that a life of dedication is possible, that a life inspired by love and service to humanity is possible." -- Amma, Satguru Mata Amritanandamayi Devi.

"The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice." -- Mahatma Gandhi.

"Dreams are not what you have when you sleep, dreams are those that don't let you sleep." -- Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam, Former President of India.