2020
DOI: 10.1108/ijqss-12-2019-0142
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Is agile the latest management fad? A review of success factors of agile transformations

Abstract: Purpose Agile is the new popular management change method and agile has lots of momentum. Management consulting firms are promoting agile via articles and newsletters. While history does not repeat itself, it often rhymes, and thus agile will probably be a successful change effort in some organizations. On the other hand, there is a high probability that agile will not deliver the expected results for most organizations. History reveals that about two-thirds of the change efforts are deemed unsuccessful – rega… Show more

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“…When these technologies will proliferate widely, the impact of these technologies on LSS and business results may require reconfirmation. It will also be helpful in testing the claim by Naslund and Kale (2020) that nearly two-thirds of organisational change methods such as Agile and Six Sigma, eventually turn-out as fads and do not deliver desired results.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…When these technologies will proliferate widely, the impact of these technologies on LSS and business results may require reconfirmation. It will also be helpful in testing the claim by Naslund and Kale (2020) that nearly two-thirds of organisational change methods such as Agile and Six Sigma, eventually turn-out as fads and do not deliver desired results.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…According to Mkoba and Marnewick (2020) 75% of South Africa organisations use the Scrum method to manage and implement their projects. Hobbs and Petit (2017), Naslund and Kale (2020), and Lindskog and Netz (2021) share the same sentiment that Scrum is the most dominating agile method in the industry of project management.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…Well-known companies and organisations like Google, Microsoft, and IBM have adopted agile methods in their projects (Olteanu, 2018). Just like other IT organisations, Accenture is also promoting Agile (Naslund & Kale, 2020). Safety and health critical software require lots of documentation and analysis before the coding can start, therefore most are developed using a Waterfall process instead of Agile (Elmezain et al, 2021).…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The key factors for success in transforming into an agile organization were found, namely: 1) commitment; 2) the selection of a technical approach to change policy implementation; 3) collaboration and communication; 4) culture; 5) aspects of the work team; 6) operational processes; 7) defining and dividing roles; 8) incentives and performance measurement; 9) organizational structure; 10) transformation planning; 11) supporting devices (14). The new work system, implementing the bureaucracy redesign policy, supports information and communication technology infrastructure that can cyclically integrate knowledge, planning, process and implementation, monitoring and evaluation work DOI 10.18502/kss.v7i5.10589 results.…”
Section: Transforming Success Factorsmentioning
confidence: 99%