What Makes Agile Software Development Agile?

Together with many success stories, promises such as the increase in production speed and the improvement in stakeholders' collaboration have contributed to making agile a transformation in the software industry in which many companies want to take part. However, driven either by a natural and...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on software engineering Jg. 48; H. 9; S. 3523 - 3539
Hauptverfasser: Kuhrmann, Marco, Tell, Paolo, Hebig, Regina, Klunder, Jil, Munch, Jurgen, Linssen, Oliver, Pfahl, Dietmar, Felderer, Michael, Prause, Christian R., MacDonell, Stephen G., Nakatumba-Nabende, Joyce, Raffo, David, Beecham, Sarah, Tuzun, Eray, Lopez, Gustavo, Paez, Nicolas, Fontdevila, Diego, Licorish, Sherlock A., Kupper, Steffen, Ruhe, Gunther, Knauss, Eric, Ozcan-Top, Ozden, Clarke, Paul, McCaffery, Fergal, Genero, Marcela, Vizcaino, Aurora, Piattini, Mario, Kalinowski, Marcos, Conte, Tayana, Prikladnicki, Rafael, Krusche, Stephan, Coskuncay, Ahmet, Scott, Ezequiel, Calefato, Fabio, Pimonova, Svetlana, Pfeiffer, Rolf-Helge, Schultz, Ulrik Pagh, Heldal, Rogardt, Fazal-Baqaie, Masud, Anslow, Craig, Nayebi, Maleknaz, Schneider, Kurt, Sauer, Stefan, Winkler, Dietmar, Biffl, Stefan, Bastarrica, Maria Cecilia, Richardson, Ita
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York IEEE 01.09.2022
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ISSN:0098-5589, 1939-3520, 1939-3520
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Abstract Together with many success stories, promises such as the increase in production speed and the improvement in stakeholders' collaboration have contributed to making agile a transformation in the software industry in which many companies want to take part. However, driven either by a natural and expected evolution or by contextual factors that challenge the adoption of agile methods as prescribed by their creator(s), software processes in practice mutate into hybrids over time. Are these still agile? In this article, we investigate the question: what makes a software development method agile? We present an empirical study grounded in a large-scale international survey that aims to identify software development methods and practices that improve or tame agility. Based on 556 data points, we analyze the perceived degree of agility in the implementation of standard project disciplines and its relation to used development methods and practices. Our findings suggest that only a small number of participants operate their projects in a purely traditional or agile manner (under 15 percent). That said, most project disciplines and most practices show a clear trend towards increasing degrees of agility. Compared to the methods used to develop software, the selection of practices has a stronger effect on the degree of agility of a given discipline. Finally, there are no methods or practices that explicitly guarantee or prevent agility. We conclude that agility cannot be defined solely at the process level. Additional factors need to be taken into account when trying to implement or improve agility in a software company. Finally, we discuss the field of software process-related research in the light of our findings and present a roadmap for future research.
AbstractList Together with many success stories, promises such as the increase in production speed and the improvement in stakeholders' collaboration have contributed to making agile a transformation in the software industry in which many companies want to take part. However, driven either by a natural and expected evolution or by contextual factors that challenge the adoption of agile methods as prescribed by their creator(s), software processes in practice mutate into hybrids over time. Are these still agile In this article, we investigate the question: what makes a software development method agile We present an empirical study grounded in a large-scale international survey that aims to identify software development methods and practices that improve or tame agility. Based on 556 data points, we analyze the perceived degree of agility in the implementation of standard project disciplines and its relation to used development methods and practices. Our findings suggest that only a small number of participants operate their projects in a purely traditional or agile manner (under 15%). That said, most project disciplines and most practices show a clear trend towards increasing degrees of agility. Compared to the methods used to develop software, the selection of practices has a stronger effect on the degree of agility of a given discipline. Finally, there are no methods or practices that explicitly guarantee or prevent agility. We conclude that agility cannot be defined solely at the process level. Additional factors need to be taken into account when trying to implement or improve agility in a software company. Finally, we discuss the field of software process-related research in the light of our findings and present a roadmap for future research.
Together with many success stories, promises such as the increase in production speed and the improvement in stakeholders’ collaboration have contributed to making agile a transformation in the software industry in which many companies want to take part. However, driven either by a natural and expected evolution or by contextual factors that challenge the adoption of agile methods as prescribed by their creator(s), software processes in practice mutate into hybrids over time. Are these still agile? In this article, we investigate the question: what makes a software development method agile? We present an empirical study grounded in a large-scale international survey that aims to identify software development methods and practices that improve or tame agility. Based on 556 data points, we analyze the perceived degree of agility in the implementation of standard project disciplines and its relation to used development methods and practices. Our findings suggest that only a small number of participants operate their projects in a purely traditional or agile manner (under 15 percent). That said, most project disciplines and most practices show a clear trend towards increasing degrees of agility. Compared to the methods used to develop software, the selection of practices has a stronger effect on the degree of agility of a given discipline. Finally, there are no methods or practices that explicitly guarantee or prevent agility. We conclude that agility cannot be defined solely at the process level. Additional factors need to be taken into account when trying to implement or improve agility in a software company. Finally, we discuss the field of software process-related research in the light of our findings and present a roadmap for future research.
Author Nakatumba-Nabende, Joyce
Tuzun, Eray
Linssen, Oliver
Knauss, Eric
Prikladnicki, Rafael
Sauer, Stefan
McCaffery, Fergal
Heldal, Rogardt
Clarke, Paul
Winkler, Dietmar
Ozcan-Top, Ozden
Fazal-Baqaie, Masud
Prause, Christian R.
Pimonova, Svetlana
Schneider, Kurt
Hebig, Regina
Beecham, Sarah
Ruhe, Gunther
Kalinowski, Marcos
MacDonell, Stephen G.
Schultz, Ulrik Pagh
Bastarrica, Maria Cecilia
Scott, Ezequiel
Vizcaino, Aurora
Coskuncay, Ahmet
Pfahl, Dietmar
Richardson, Ita
Pfeiffer, Rolf-Helge
Paez, Nicolas
Fontdevila, Diego
Felderer, Michael
Licorish, Sherlock A.
Klunder, Jil
Calefato, Fabio
Raffo, David
Conte, Tayana
Munch, Jurgen
Anslow, Craig
Tell, Paolo
Krusche, Stephan
Nayebi, Maleknaz
Lopez, Gustavo
Kupper, Steffen
Piattini, Mario
Biffl, Stefan
Kuhrmann, Marco
Genero, Marcela
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