Paper Info
Title
Adapting to Changes in a Project's DNA: A Descriptive Case Study on the Effects of Transforming Agile Single-Site to Distributed Software Development
Abstract
We present a 15-month descriptive case study on a real-world Scrum process transformation from a single-site to a distributed development environment in a medium-sized software development organization in Austria. The study describes what effects the scaling to a distributed development had on several key process indicators in one of the organization's major projects. An action research approach has been selected to generate results from an in-depth and first-hand research setting. To increase objectivity and separation of concerns, a two-cycle approach, practitioner-oriented and research-oriented, has been established that aligns with sprint iterations. Many possible adaptations to the Scrum process have been tested over the course of the study. Key findings include that constant customer shipments after each sprint were a turning point in supporting the process of integrating the different sites in the distributed development environment and that the retrospective was an invaluable tool to keep frustration levels low in an ever-changing process environment.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/AGILE.2014.22
Agile Conference
Keywords
DocType
Citations 
distributed processing,iterative methods,software houses,software prototyping,Austria,constant customer shipments,distributed software development,key process indicators,medium-sized software development organization,practitioner-oriented approach,project DNA,real-world Scrum process transformation,research-oriented approach,single-site software development,two-cycle approach,Action Research,Agile Software Development,Descriptive Case Study,Distributed Software Development,Scrum
Conference
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.35
20
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Raoul Vallon193.82
Christopher Dräger210.68
Alexander Zapletal310.35
Thomas Grechenig444964.07