The AgiES project concluded at the end of March 2015. The project worked on the adaption and adoption of agile and lean product development methods into embedded system development and measurement of their effects on well-being at work. The project was carried out in collaboration of the research partners University of Turku and Finnish Institute of Occupational Health and the industry partners Ericsson, BA Group, Lindorff Finland, Nextfour Group, Nordic ID, Neoxen Systems and FiSMA.
The core of the project included several industrial pilot projects directed by University of Turku and well-being at work measurements executed by Finnish Institute of Occupational Health. The pilot projects started with review of initial state in the companies, continuing with introduction and development of agile and lean practices, utilization and observation of these practices in real R&D projects and finally reviewing the end state. The effects on well-being at work were analyzed through interviews, questionnaires as well as through strain and recovery measurements. The collected results where cultivated into the main result of the project, Sulautettujen järjestelmien ketterä käsikirja (Agile handbook of embedded systems), and into several academic articles published during and after the project. The handbook, which has received positive reception, can be downloaded from
http://embedded.utu.fi/kasikirja
