A framework to support the evaluation, adoption and improvement of agile methods in practice

Qumer, Asif; Henderson‐Sellers, Brian

doi:10.1016/j.jss.2007.12.806

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“…While similar to agile maturity models, agile adoption frameworks do not necessarily provide maturity levels, focus areas or process areas or assessment criteria and are provided by Ambler (2011), Lui andChan (2005), Packlick (2007), Qumer and Henderson-Sellers (2008), and Sidky, Arthur, and Bohner (2007). These research articles instead focus on how to introduce agile into an environment, regardless of the presence of any current software process improvement frameworks.…”

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A Systematic Literature Review of Agile Maturity Model Research

Henriques

Tanner

2017

IJIKM

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Background/Aim/Purpose: A commonly implemented software process improvement framework is the capability maturity model integrated (CMMI). Existing literature indicates higher levels of CMMI maturity could result in a loss of agility due to its organizational focus. To maintain agility, research has focussed attention on agile maturity models. The objective of this paper is to find the common research themes and conclusions in agile maturity model research. Methodology: This research adopts a systematic approach to agile maturity model research, using Google Scholar, Science Direct, and IEEE Xplore as sources. In total 531 articles were initially found matching the search criteria, which was filtered to 39 articles by applying specific exclusion criteria. Contribution:: The article highlights the trends in agile maturity model research, specifically bringing to light the lack of research providing validation of such models. Findings: Two major themes emerge, being the coexistence of agile and CMMI and the development of agile principle based maturity models. The research trend indicates an increase in agile maturity model articles, particularly in the latter half of the last decade, with concentrations of research coinciding with version updates of CMMI. While there is general consensus around higher CMMI maturity levels being incompatible with true agility, there is evidence of the two coexisting when agile is introduced into already highly matured environments. Future Research: Future research direction for this topic should include how to attain higher levels of CMMI maturity using only agile methods, how governance is addressed in agile environments, and whether existing agile maturity models relate to improved project success.

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A Systematic Literature Review of Agile Maturity Model Research

Henriques

Tanner

2017

IJIKM

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“…The participants emphasized on defining and following business benefits as critical drivers of Agile transition. Qumer and Henderson-Sellers [35] emphasized that business goals at a higher level has a potentially large impact on the Agile adoption, transition and governance of any Agile software development methods. Holtsnider et al [36] in their book have stressed that Agile organization should focus on the long-term business goals in their development process.…”

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“…They explained by assessing several critical factors, organizations can decide about choosing appropriate development methodology. Sidky et al [51] and Qumer and Henderson-Sellers [35] defined their proposed Agile adoption frameworks based on the pre-assessment of organization and project. Holtsnider et al [36] stated that before starting transformation several questions should be answered during a self-assessment process.…”

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The Essential Prerequisites of Agile Transition and Adoption: a Grounded Theory Approach

Gandomani¹,

Nafchi²

2016

Journal of Internet Computing and Services

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Prevalence of Agile methods in software companies is increasing dramatically. Software companies need to employ these methods to overcome the inherent challenges of traditional methods. However, transitioning to Agile approach is a topic of debate and there is no unique and well-defined transition model or framework yet. Although some research studies have addressed barriers and strengths behind the successful Agile deployment, it seems that this process still needs to be studied more in depth. The rationale behind this is the socio-technical nature of Agile transition and adoption. Particularly, the challenges and problems that software companies are facing during Agile transition, show that this process in more difficult than expected. Conducting a large-scale research study revealed that Agile transition and adoption process needs to be supported by several critical prerequisites. This study adopted a Ground Theory with the participation of 49 Agile experts from 13 different countries and empirically identified seven transition prerequisites. These prerequisites focus on the different aspects of the transition. The main aim of this paper is proposing these prerequisites and theoretical and practical implication of these prerequisites. Providing these prerequisites before moving to Agile increases chance of success in Agile transition and adoption and leads to fewer challenges during the change process.

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“…At the same time, Agile methodologies [15] are becoming very popular in the software industry as they emphasize the involvement of stakeholders in a context where requirements change continuously. As p-health is a complex and multi-disciplinary domain, Agile methodologies have shown to be suitable for this domain [16]. More recently, the combination of both methodologies (UCD and Agile) has shown great promise [17], nonetheless the integration between user interaction specialists and programmers is recognized as still being an issue [18,19].…”

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A platform for the development of patient applications in the domain of personalized health

Salvi

Gorman

Arredondo

et al. 2012

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

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Personalized health (p-health) systems can contribute significantly to the sustainability of healthcare systems, though their feasibility is yet to be proven. One of the problems related to their development is the lack of well-established development tools for this domain. As the p-health paradigm is focused on patient self-management, big challenges arise around the design and implementation of patient systems. This paperpresents a reference platform created forthe development of these applications, and shows the advantages of its adoption in a complex project dealing with cardio-vascular diseases.

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A framework to support the evaluation, adoption and improvement of agile methods in practice

Cited by 179 publications

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A Systematic Literature Review of Agile Maturity Model Research

A Systematic Literature Review of Agile Maturity Model Research

The Essential Prerequisites of Agile Transition and Adoption: a Grounded Theory Approach

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