Title
Organizational issues in embracing Agile methods: an empirical assessment
Abstract
This study provides empirical evidence to the body of knowledge in Agile methods adoption in small, medium and large organizations in international context. This research explores the factors involved in the adoption of Agile methods in software development organizations. A survey was conducted among Agile professionals to gather survey data from 52 software organizations in seven countries across the world. Statistical techniques are applied towards empirical assessment. Organizational culture, team structure and management support are found to be crucial success factors whereas lack of management support, a large organization size and traditional organizational culture are found to be detrimental for the adoption of Agile approach in an organization. The selection of an appropriate Agile method depends on the project size and, for each size, there are specific methods preferred by different enterprises. Providing better control over the work is viewed as the primary advantage of the Agile methods within large and small organizations, while for the medium-size organizations, the priority is switched to coping with changing user requirements. Majority of the respondents did not consider embracing agile methods as a reason for project failure which indicates that Agile methods are, indeed, beneficial.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1007/s13198-021-01350-1
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEM ASSURANCE ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Agile methods, Adoption, Small and Medium Enterprises (SME), Large enterprises, Organizational factors, Software quality
Journal
12
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
6
0975-6809
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Alok Mishra136435.73
Samia Abdalhamid200.34
Deepti Mishra325325.86
Sofiya Ostrovska48524.44