Knowledge Sharing in Distributed Agile Projects: Techniques, Strategies and Challenges

Razzak, Mohammad Abdur; Ahmed, Rajib

doi:10.15439/2014f280

Cited by 21 publications

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“…The non-confirmation of the H2 hypothesis diverges from the results reported by authors that consider practices for project management, such as daily meetings and retrospectives, as efficient mechanisms for the process of Organizational Learning [32]. Schwaber and Beedle [31] state that knowledge sharing takes place by four Agile practices of project management (sprint planning, daily meeting, sprint reviews and retrospectives).…”

Section: Analysis Of Hypothesiscontrasting

confidence: 64%

Impact of Agile Practices Adoption on Organizational Learning: a Survey in Brazil

Neto¹,

Rodrigues²,

França³

et al. 2019

International Conferences on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

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Agile software development is a particularly intense knowledge activity in which the success depends greatly on the experience of the professionals involved in the process. Knowledge Management Strategies play an important role in assisting knowledge acquisition and sharing among Agile teams. In this scenario, this paper answer the following research question: What is the impact caused by the use of Agile practices in the process of organizational knowledge acquisition at software development companies? The objective is to analyze strategies for Knowledge Management among teams and evaluate the impact caused by the adoption of Agile practices on the Organizational Learning process. For this, we proposed a model which it was possible evaluate this impact. Thus, a survey was conducted with 455 respondents in order to validate the proposed model. The data collected in this research was processed and analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling. The results corroborates the impact of software development practices on Knowledge Management Strategies and Organizational Learning. Additionally, this study provides mechanisms for software engineering professionals to implement strategies that contribute to the knowledge acquisition and sharing in their teams.

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Section: Analysis Of Hypothesiscontrasting

confidence: 64%

Impact of Agile Practices Adoption on Organizational Learning: a Survey in Brazil

Neto¹,

Rodrigues²,

França³

et al. 2019

International Conferences on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

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“…Technology helps in aiding the KS process. But in many studies it has been found that team members make little or no use of available technological tools and resources [19], [39], [43], [51], [52], [56]. In one survey it was found that 21% of the employees did not make use of available KS tools [52].…”

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Systematic Literature Review of Knowledge Sharing Barriers and Facilitators in Global Software Development Organizations Using Concept Maps

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Knowledge is the most important resource in software development. The success of software development relies on knowledge sharing between software developers working across the globe. Global software development has brought many benefits to the software industry; however, at the same, time knowledge sharing across diverse team members is one of the main concerns of global software development organizations. This paper provides a systematic literature review of 42 studies on knowledge sharing barriers and facilitators from 2010 to 2017 and classifies them into five main categories: Individual, Organizational, Technological, Cultural, and Geographical. In order to synthesize and represent the complexity of the knowledge sharing factors in a more manageable and visual manner, this paper proposes concept maps for each category. The identified factors can be strategically used as the guidelines in the global software development organizations to boost the culture of knowledge sharing. INDEX TERMS Knowledge sharing barriers, knowledge sharing facilitators, global software development organizations, cultural barriers, geographical barriers.

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“…• Some communication barriers [50], [51] • Difference in communication behaviors [9], [10] • Different meanings of communicated messages [10] • Cultural differences often created misunderstanding and lead to frustration and conflict between regions, [2], [39] • Less effective cooperation [35] • Difficulties with knowledge sharing [40] • Difficulties with adapting coaching strategies effectively across cultural differences [43] Collaboration and controlling challenges, [50] • In culturally homogeneous development teams outside of North America, the inability to conform to specific views may lead to the disregard, inefficiency or failure of specific agile practices [53] Positive effects (opportunities)…”

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Cultural Issues in Offshore Teams: A Categorization based on Existing Studies

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Cultural and personal issues resulting from dispersed teams are considered to be serious barriers to form trust and organize effective agile teams. However, apart from separate, reported evidence of such issues from work experience, there has been no theoretical classification in literature. This paper provides a list and analysis of common challenges mainly resulting from cultural differences and barriers in Agile Software Development (ASD) offshore teams. The data source comprise articles published in IEEE, mostly of conferences related to ASD. Among the articles, papers with concrete evidence of Agile Methods (AM) implementation were selected. The results show that despite the relative significance of such issues, ASD adopters typically still rely on their own experience, and creativity rather than using well-defined methods. Moreover, this study reveals that the notion of trust, as discussed in the literature, mainly refers to maintaining the pace of communication, which is the focal point in ASD.

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Knowledge Sharing in Distributed Agile Projects: Techniques, Strategies and Challenges

Cited by 21 publications

References 47 publications

Impact of Agile Practices Adoption on Organizational Learning: a Survey in Brazil

Impact of Agile Practices Adoption on Organizational Learning: a Survey in Brazil

Systematic Literature Review of Knowledge Sharing Barriers and Facilitators in Global Software Development Organizations Using Concept Maps

Cultural Issues in Offshore Teams: A Categorization based on Existing Studies

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