-Agile software development (ASD) has become an important research topic. However, despite the increase in the number of studies in this area in the last few years, there is a lack of structured information about its adoption in the public sector. Since the public sector is the part of the economy concerned with providing various government services, the goal of this study is to report from a systematic literature review and provide information that may enhance the understanding of the implications of adopting ASD within public companies. As the main results, we found that ASD could indeed be adopted in the public sector. The analysis suggests that a good alternative is to start the adoption of ASD with people willing to change -strongly supported by senior management -working on important pilotprojects. Second, we found that job satisfaction is greater when adopting agile methods within public companies. Finally, we also found some barriers that are difficult to overcome, including the ingrained use of plan-drive methods, as well as big bang deliveries and lack of experience in ASD.
RESUMOO artigo apresenta os resultados de uma pesquisa cujo objetivo foi compreender como ocorre o processo de desenvolvimento de software na Embrapa Informática Agropecuária, uma das 46 unidades de pesquisa da Embrapa. A partir da abordagem da Teoria Ator-Rede, que se propõe a lançar um olhar para o interior das ações que se desenrolam nas redes sociotécnicas das empresas identificando 'o quê', 'quem' e 'como' as relações sociais e técnicas acontecem foi colocada a seguinte questão de pesquisa: como é realizado o processo de desenvolvimento de software na Embrapa Informática Agropecuária e quais condições materiais, estruturais e culturais circunscrevem a sua execução? Adotou-se a abordagem de pesquisa qualitativa e como instrumento de coleta de dados a entrevista com grupos focais. Compuseram a amostra da pesquisa 19 técnicos e pesquisadores que atuavam em sete projetos de pesquisa da carteira de projetos da Embrapa Informática Agropecuária em 2015. Identificou-se a necessidade de se instituir e incentivar o uso de um modelo de desenvolvimento de software com etapas mínimas buscando equilíbrio entre as abordagens tecnicista e humanista; oferecer respaldo burocrático aos líderes dos projetos; gerir a cultura organizacional; implementar uma estrutura organizacional com processos de trabalho promotores do desenvolvimento individual, coletivo e organizacional. Palavras-chave: Teoria Ator-Rede. Desenvolvimento de Software. Processo de desenvolvimento de software. Redes sociotécnicas. Embrapa.
ABSTRACTThe article presents the results of a research whose objective was to understand how the software development process occurs in Embrapa Agricultural Informatics, one of the 46 research units of Embrapa -Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation. Based on the actornetwork theory (ANT) approach, which aims to take a look inside the actions that take place in the sociotechnical networks of companies identifying 'what', 'who' and 'how' social and technical relations happen the following research question was asked: how is the software development process carried out at Embrapa Agricultural Informatics and what are the material, structural and cultural conditions that circumscribe its execution? The qualitative research
Abstract: This article presents the experience of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) – a large state-owned company that plays an important global role in research, development, and innovation for tropical agriculture – in the planning and implementation of Open Access to scientific information in the context of a developing country. The aim of this initiative is to provide the necessary mechanisms to capture, store, organize, preserve, retrieve, and widely disseminate the scientific information produced by Embrapa and by agricultural research communities. This report concludes with a discussion of the obstacles encountered and the organizational features, cultural considerations, and political matters that facilitate open access implementation at Embrapa.
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