Barriers to Agile Project Management Implementation: Findings from a Systematic Literature Review

Abstract

This study aims to discuss the barriers of Agile Project Management, considering the increase of utilization of Agile Methods worldwide specially because it has helped companies get better productivity and reduce their wastes. And, because agility (adaptability to need) has become an advantage for companies into a highly competitive business world. According to Erhun et al. ( 2021) agility describes a company's ability to respond to short-term changes in market demand or supply quickly and handle external disruptions smoothly. The analysis of the literature has been conducted using the Web of Science and Scopus databases as well as the VOS viewer software for a deeper analysis of 26 articles selected. It is important to remember the Agile manifesto was born and developed oriented to the world of software, seeking to generate tangible value to the customer at the expense of the vast documentation less experimental and due its good results, these methods have also been integrated into other sectors. On the other hand, Agile Methods often face some barriers to its implementation particularly from someone who has been taught on Traditional ways of Project Management. Considering so the advantages of Agile and the existence of barriers to implementing, this paper intend to list the main barriers to the Agile trough a systematic literature review.