Qualitative Study of Successful Agile Software Development Projects
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12.2014
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IMVS Fokus Report
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8
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5-13
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Various studies show that the agile method has become a mainstream methodology for software development. When agile pioneers introduced this approach, they executed very successful projects which lead to the enormous popularity of agile development. With becoming mainstream, less experienced teams started to apply the agile approaches and news about failed agile projects appeared. This raises the question, what it needs to conduct successful agile projects. In a qualitative study we asked IT companies about the essential success factors in their successful agile projects. We found that there was a strong focus on engineering and management best practices. We found that when these practices did not work, mature teams sensed that following a recipe is not sufficient, and they started adapting the agile process to their needs. Applying a sense-making methodology like the Cynefin framework, theoretically explains our observations
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software engineering, agile methodologies, project management, Cynefin framework
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2296-4169
1662-2014
1662-2014
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English
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Kropp, M., & Meier, A. (2014, December). Qualitative Study of Successful Agile Software Development Projects. IMVS Fokus Report, 8, 5–13. https://doi.org/10.26041/fhnw-627