Avionic Software and Agile Development: A Systematic Mapping Study

Background: The rapid increase in the use of agile development has raised the question whether of the aerospace industry can benefit from the application of agile approaches in software production for airborne systems and equipment. These systems are regulated by the standard DO-178 since there are hard constraints imposed on them. Additionally, the evolution of the avionics software increases the complexity of the software. Therefore, the approach to the feasibility of agile development for avionics software needs to be further understood. Method: our aim in this study is to apply the systematic mapping study as method to examine the research publications about the agile development implemented in the life cycle of an avionic software in order to classify the contributions research in the map and found the trend interesting topics. Conclusion: For the results, we selected 46 articles from 956 found in four electronic databases and we conclude that there is a large body of interesting publications treated the subject in different phases of the avionics software lifecycle.