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M. Kuhrmann, P. Tell, R. Hebig, J. Klünder, J. Münch, O. Linssen, D. Pfahl, M. Felderer, C. Prause, S. MacDonell, J. Nakatumba-Nabende, D. Raffo, S. Beecham, E. Tüzün, G. Lopez, N. Paez, D. Fontdevila, S. Licorish, S. Küpper, G. Ruhe, E. Knauss, Ö. Özcan-Top, P. Clarke, F. McCaffery, M. Genero, A. Vizcaino, M. Piattini, M. Kalinowski, T. Conte, R. Prikladnicki, S. Krusche, A. Coskuncay, E. Scott, F. Calefato, S. Pimonova, R. Pfeiffer, U. Pagh Schultz, R. Heldal, M. Fazal-Bacqaie, C. Anslow, M. Nayebi, K. Schneider, S. Sauer, D. Winkler, S. Biffl, M. Bastarrica, I. Richardson:
"What Makes Agile Software Development Agile?";
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 1 (2021), 16 S.



Kurzfassung englisch:
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.

Schlagworte:
Agile Software Development, Hybrid Development Methods, Survey Research, Software Development, Software Process


"Offizielle" elektronische Version der Publikation (entsprechend ihrem Digital Object Identifier - DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TSE.2021.3099532


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