Identifying Barriers in the Implementation of Agile Methodologies in Automotive Industry

Soares, Denise Paschoal; Silva, Francisco; Ramos, Susana; Kirytopoulos, Konstantinos; Sá, José Carlos; Ferreira, Luı́s Pinto

doi:10.3390/su14095453

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“…Management responsibility plays a key role in the success of agile manufacturing. Lack of management commitment is identified as the most critical agile barrier by various researchers [34][35][36][37][38][39][40]. Improper forecast, resistance to change, lack of workforce flexibility, and poor integration of customers are other important barriers against agile manufacturing.…”

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Innovative Framework for Assessing the Impact of Agile Manufacturing in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

Ali

Ahmad

2022

Sustainability

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In the competitive manufacturing era, agile manufacturing has evolved as a revolutionary manufacturing strategy that manages quality, innovation, responsiveness, introduction time of product, and uncertainties to maximize profit and to satisfy fluctuating demands of customers. The decision of implementing agile manufacturing is always complicated for organizations because they fear failure during the implementation process. This paper presents an innovative framework that can help decision-makers well before the implementation of agile manufacturing practices by evaluating the potential impact on an organization. The framework is based on three components, including agility cost, agility fitness, and agility outcome. The framework has been developed after intensive literature investigation, field study of manufacturing SMEs, and interviews with experts. Based on the framework, a knowledge-based system (KBS) has been developed to aid SMEs in decision-making at the implementation stage. The system is validated by case studies and by industrial experts through detailed interviews.

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Innovative Framework for Assessing the Impact of Agile Manufacturing in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

Ali

Ahmad

2022

Sustainability

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“…For example, in an enterprise software development project, a small team of developers, as suggested by agile methodologies (in Scrum, 8 developers), is not sufficient when time is pressing [ 52 ]. Additionally, whenever an unexpected change needs to be performed to software, there could be budget issues, since the development team could have to deal with it using the original budget [ 53 ]. Moreover, if the decision for the development priority of each deliverable primarily relies on the customer [ 52 , 54 ], this may not help the development team to be productive.…”

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Agile Methodologies Applied to the Development of Internet of Things (IoT)-Based Systems: A Review

Guerrero-Ulloa

Rodríguez-Domínguez

Hornos

2023

Sensors

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Throughout the evolution of software systems, empirical methodologies have been used in their development process, even in the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm, to develop IoT-based systems (IoTS). In this paper, we review the fundamentals included in the manifesto for agile software development, especially in the Scrum methodology, to determine its use and role in IoTS development. Initially, 4303 documents were retrieved, a number that was reduced to 186 after applying automatic filters and by the relevance of their titles. After analysing their contents, only 60 documents were considered. Of these, 38 documents present the development of an IoTS using some methodology, 8 present methodologies focused on the construction of IoTS software, and 14 present methodologies close to the systems life cycle (SLC). Finally, only one methodology can be considered SLC-compliant. Out of 38 papers presenting the development of some IoTS following a methodology for traditional information systems (ISs), 42.1% have used Scrum as the only methodology, while 10.5% have used Scrum combined with other methodologies, such as eXtreme Programming (XP), Kanban and Rapid Prototyping. In the analysis presented herein, the existing methodologies for developing IoTSs have been grouped according to the different approaches on which they are based, such as agile, modelling, and service oriented. This study also analyses whether the different proposals consider the standard stages of the development process or not: planning and requirements gathering, solution analysis, solution design, solution coding and unit testing (construction), integration and testing (implementation), and operation and maintenance. In addition, we include a review of the automated frameworks, platforms, and tools used in the methodologies analysed to improve the development of IoTSs and the design of their underlying architectures. To conclude, the main contribution of this work is a review for IoTS researchers and developers regarding existing methodologies, frameworks, platforms, tools, and guidelines for the development of IoTSs, with a deep analysis framed within international standards dictated for this purpose.

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“…Due to their characteristics, mainly limited resources, small and medium enterprises (SME) rarely take full advantage of the opportunity offered by agile production and management methods [17][18][19]. Despite this, it should be said that a culture of agility can and even should also apply to small-and medium-sized enterprises, which are often able to take advantage of emerging opportunities and adapt to changing market conditions in order to stay afloat [20].…”

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Sustainable Agility Culture—The Case of a Pasta Company

Bartkowiak,

Butlewski

2023

Sustainability

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The ability of an organization to be agile, and, therefore, the organizational culture of agility that determines it, is a key characteristic necessary for enterprises to meet the challenges of the requirements of sustainable development under conditions of uncertainty. Uncertainty, in turn, is an inherent feature of achieving the challenging goals of growth and often survival in today’s competitive enterprise market. Analyzing the organization’s ability to be agile, the article includes the results of a study of the productivity of the pasta packaging process in a selected manufacturing company. The main purpose of the article was to identify the factors important for the implementation of the concept of organizational agility and to develop steps to follow the Shu Ha Ri methodology in a pasta packaging company in order to increase production productivity. Based on the data obtained in the form of the number of employees per shift and the amount of packed pasta, significant differences in the productivity of shifts were found, and the challenges of organizational agility were also identified, which include the changing nature of demand, the impact of the state of the machines on the continuity of production, and the occurrence of shortages at the packing stage due to the manual nature of the process. Based on the conducted research and analysis of the tools used in the formation of an agile culture, a proprietary approach to sustainably increase the productivity of the packaging process was proposed using the Shu Ha Ri methodology. The conducted research made it possible to formulate the paradigm of sustainable agility culture and its main dimensions for companies in the food industry.

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Identifying Barriers in the Implementation of Agile Methodologies in Automotive Industry

Cited by 5 publications

References 49 publications

Innovative Framework for Assessing the Impact of Agile Manufacturing in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

Innovative Framework for Assessing the Impact of Agile Manufacturing in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

Agile Methodologies Applied to the Development of Internet of Things (IoT)-Based Systems: A Review

Sustainable Agility Culture—The Case of a Pasta Company

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