A risk management framework for distributed agile projects

Shrivastava, Suprika Vasudeva; Rathod, Urvashi

doi:10.1016/j.infsof.2016.12.005

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“…In spite of the advantages, scaling agile programs in a distributed environment brings additional challenges that increase the complexities in a distributed agile software development environment . For example, the coordination between teams is considered to be a significant challenge in a distributed agile environment . Moreover, distributed projects have additional concerns in terms of interfacing with other organizational units such as marketing, sales, and product management, rendering the development activities more challenging .…”

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“…In previous studies, most of the challenges have been identified in collocated and large‐scale agile projects, rather than specifically addressed for scaling agile methodologies in a DSD environment . According to Shrivastava and Rathod, agile and DSD processes work on different principles, which is the primary cause of the difficulty in managing software development . Despite these challenges specifically related to the distributed agile process, an increasing trend of applying agile processes in DSD environments in the software industry has emerged …”

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“…According to Niazi et al, a quality product cannot be delivered on the customer's scheduled time when the challenges are not managed properly. Moreover, the identified challenges can also be used for the internal assessment or prediction of the project . Hence, identifying the challenges in a distributed agile development is firm specific, and prioritizing them can help an organization to improve and revise its management strategies and practices for scaling agile methods in a DSD environment before the initiation of a scaling program.…”

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Prioritizing challenges of agile process in distributed software development environment using analytic hierarchy process

Shameem

Kumar

et al. 2018

J Software Evolu Process

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Software organizations are increasingly combining agile methodologies and distributed software development (DSD) for efficiently and effectively built software products. There are numerous challenges associated with scaling agile methods in a distributed environment. Our study is intended to explore and prioritize the challenges for scaling agile practices in the DSD environment. This study was divided into 3 stages. In the first stage, 22 challenges were identified from literature review and grouped into 4 categories: management, team, technology, and process based on discussion with experts. In the second stage, an online questionnaire study was conducted to validate the identified challenges. Finally, analytic hierarchy process method was used to prioritize challenges and their categories based on their relative importance. The results highlighted that management is a most significant category as compared with the other categories.Similarly, lack of management commitments, lack of effective communication, lack of knowledge sharing, etc are identified as the most significant challenges that need to be focused by the organizations for scaling agile methodologies. On the basis of the research findings, we could conclude that the identified challenges along with their categories provide a robust framework to scale agile methodologies in the DSD environment. KEYWORDSagile development, AHP, challenges, distributed software development, multiple-criteria decision making INTRODUCTIONOver the last 2 decades, a variety of models and processes have been developed for the effective management of software development activities.Among these, agile is the most significant process that has been introduced to provide opportunities to manage the dynamic behavior of system development activities. 1,2 Agile is a lightweight software development approach that promotes continuous iterations of development and testing throughout the software development life cycle. 2 Various agile methods have been developed, and the most popular among these are extreme programming (XP), crystal, scrum, adaptive software development, and feature-driven development. 3 The underlying philosophy of agile methods is derived from the agile manifesto developed by several system development experts who designed different methodologies on the basis of similar ideals. 2 This philosophy primarily focuses on teamwork, the importance of individuals and their interactions, early product delivery, collaboration with the customers, and effective responses to change requirements. 4 Agile methods were originally designed for small and single-team projects. 2,3 However, few research studies have claimed the successful implementation of agile methods in a distributed environment in large-scale organizations. 3,5 Despite some successful implementations of agile methods, Abbreviations: ANA, antinuclear antibodies; APC, antigen-presenting cells; IRF, interferon regulatory factor J Softw Evol Proc. 2018;30:e1979. wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/smr

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Prioritizing challenges of agile process in distributed software development environment using analytic hierarchy process

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“…Governance has to establish standards like ISO 9000 for quality management, standards for risk management like the ISO 31000 and additional domain specific standards. Approaches for agile risk handling exists [31]. For service management, the ISO 20000 is an established anchor.…”

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Scaling agile on large enterprise level – systematic bundling and application of state of the art approaches for lasting agile transitions

Poth¹,

Kottke²,

Riel³

2019

Proceedings of the 2019 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems

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Organizations are looking for ways of establishing agile and lean process for delivery. Many approaches exist in the form of frameworks, methods and tools to setup an individual composition for a best fit. The challenge is that large organizations are heterogeneous and diverse, and hence there is no "one size fits all" approach. To facilitate a systematic implementation of agile and lean, this article proposes a transition kit based on abstraction. This kit scouts and bundles state of the art methods and tools from the agile and lean community to align them with governance and compliance aspects of the specific enterprise. Coaching of the application of the transition kit ensures an adequate instantiation. The instantiation handles business domain specific aspects and standards. A coaching governance ensures continuous improvement. An example of the systematic application of the transition approach as well as its scaling is demonstrated through its application in the Volkswagen Group IT.

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