Sustaining Agile Beyond Adoption

Agile approaches are adopted in industry to improve outcomes from software development, and are increasingly the subject of research studies. However, adoption is not the end of the story. Agile requires on-going change and commitment in order to become sustainable and embedded within teams and orga...

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Published in2018 44th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA) pp. 22 - 25
Main Authors Barroca, Leonor, Gregory, Peggy, Kuusinen, Kati, Sharp, Helen, AlQaisi, Raid
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.08.2018
Subjects
agile methods
Agile software development
agile sustainability
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Business
post-adoptive agile use
practitioner study
Software
Software engineering
Sustainable development
Technological innovation
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Summary:Agile approaches are adopted in industry to improve outcomes from software development, and are increasingly the subject of research studies. However, adoption is not the end of the story. Agile requires on-going change and commitment in order to become sustainable and embedded within teams and organisations. This study explores current perceptions of post-adoptive agility. We asked 50 practitioners 'what does agile sustainability mean to you?'. Analysis of practitioner comments identified four themes: being completely agile, independent, focused on business value and need, and consistent across time. Post-adoptive agile is an under-researched area, there is inconsistent use of terminology, and there is a gap between practitioners' and researchers' perceptions about what is important for sustaining agile.
DOI:10.1109/SEAA.2018.00013