Applying scrum methodologies in the development of e-directory system for ASWARA

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the application of the scrum methodology in the development of the E-Directory system for ASWARA. Currently, at ASWARA they do not have a suitable system that can help the HR department find detailed information about the staff such as personal and family information, security or any achievement records in their career. Therefore, the development of E-Directory system is hoped to resolve the problem. Since there are lots of private and confidential information that needs to be protected from external threat the system can only be accessed using intranet. The Intranet E-Directory is a system that combines three (3) systems which are E-Directory System, E-Store System, and Perkembangan Kemahiran Artistik (PeKA) Management System. Each of the system will use the same user data from the E-Directory system. The selection of the scrum methodology as a Software Development Methodology (SDM) is supported by a few studies that has implement scrum methodology in the development of software system. The result of survey that has conducted it shows that Scrum Methodology, Extreme programming (XP) and Custom Hybrid is the mostly used in the development of software product. The implementation of scrum methodology in development of E-Directory system has divided the module into three (3) sprint cycle which is first sprint ; login and logout, import data, second sprint ; directory module and profile module, third sprint ; HR module, security module and admin module. As a result from development E-Directory system using scrum methodology it will produce Software Requirement Specification (SRS) and Software Design Description (SDD) documentation as a deliverables together with E-Directory system. In both of documentation has the details of system requirement and design of the system.