Challenges from Integrating Usability Activities in Scrum: Why Is Scrum so Fashionable?

Lárusdóttir, Marta; Cajander, Åsa; Erlingsdóttir, Gudbjörg; Lind, Thomas; Gulliksen, Jan

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-32165-3_10

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“…Also, working in teams and focusing on a small number of tasks at a time is valued. The main challenges are that including specialists in the teams is hard and Scrum does not always match with external requirements for the organizations [13].…”

Section: Agile Approaches and Scrummentioning

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Responsibilities and Challenges of Product Owners at Spotify - An Exploratory Case Study

Kristinsdóttir¹,

Lárusdóttir

Cajander

2016

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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In Scrum, the Product Owner (PO) role is crucial for the team to be successful in developing useful and usable software. The PO has many responsibilities and challenges, including being the link between customers, other stakeholders and their development teams. This exploratory case study conducted at the software development company Spotify focuses on POs three responsibilities: a) Identification of customers, b) Estimation of value of their teams' work and c) Forming a vision for the product. Additionally, challenges perceived by the POs are studied. Data was gathered through five interviews and on site observations. Results show that the POs activities are divided between daily work, such as making sure that their teams are functional and long-term activities such as making a vision for the product. The main challenge of the POs is to inspire and encourage team members to collaborate and communicate within the team and with stakeholders.

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Section: Agile Approaches and Scrummentioning

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Responsibilities and Challenges of Product Owners at Spotify - An Exploratory Case Study

Kristinsdóttir¹,

Lárusdóttir

Cajander

2016

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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“…This could be because Scrum by the book is not prescriptive about its key project management practices (including breakdown, estimation, prioritization, sprint goal creation, refinement, and work assignment), leaving implementation details to individual practitioners. It is no surprise then that many organisations are seen to use Scrum variants or modify it to suit their settings [12]- [14]. Research shows contextual adaptations can be necessary and beneficial [16], [18], [19].…”

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Real World Scrum A Grounded Theory of Variations in Practice

Masood

Hoda

Blincoe

2022

IIEEE Trans. Software Eng.

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Scrum, the most popular agile method and project management framework, is widely reported to be used, adapted, misused, and abused in practice. However, not much is known about how Scrum actually works in practice, and critically, where, when, how and why it diverges from Scrum by the book. Through a Grounded Theory study involving semi-structured interviews of 45 participants from 30 companies and observations of five teams, we present our findings on how Scrum works in practice as compared to how it is presented in its formative books. We identify significant variations in these practices such as work breakdown, estimation, prioritization, assignment, the associated roles and artefacts, and discuss the underlying rationales driving the variations. Critically, we claim that not all variations are process misuse/abuse and propose a nuanced classification approach to understanding variations as standard, necessary, contextual, and clear deviations for successful Scrum use and adaptation.

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Agile User-Centered Design Framework to Support the Development of E-Health for Patient Education

Puspitasari,

Nuzulita,

Hsiao

2024

Studies in Computational Intelligence

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Challenges from Integrating Usability Activities in Scrum: Why Is Scrum so Fashionable?

Cited by 4 publications

References 27 publications

Responsibilities and Challenges of Product Owners at Spotify - An Exploratory Case Study

Responsibilities and Challenges of Product Owners at Spotify - An Exploratory Case Study

Real World Scrum A Grounded Theory of Variations in Practice

Agile User-Centered Design Framework to Support the Development of E-Health for Patient Education

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