Investigating the Relationship between Nokia Test Scores and Quality and Productivity Indicators on Scrum-CMMI Environments

Abstract—Nokia Test is an effective approach to evaluate how teams are adherent to Scrum process. The expected result is that Scrum teams presenting higher scores in Nokia Test also present better results in main indicators of quality and productivity defined by companies which are using the traditional maturity model of process improvement software CMMI. This paper describes a case study in three companies located in Recife, Brazil, which were evaluated in the Nokia Test and also had their quality and productivity indicators measured quantitatively for comparison. The empirical results was to observe the Nokia Test scores and the evolution of quality and productivity scores shows that teams with low Nokia Test scores may achieve improvements in their quality and productivity.

Index Terms—Scrum, agile software development, Nokia test.

The authors are with Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil (e-mail: celio.santana@gmail.com).

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Cite: Steffane Ramires, Célio Santana, Fabiola Queiroz, and Amanda Nunes, "Investigating the Relationship between Nokia Test Scores and Quality and Productivity Indicators on Scrum-CMMI Environments," Lecture Notes on Software Engineering vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 133-138, 2016.