Agile methods and organizational culture: reflections about cultural levels

Tolfo, Cristiano; Wazlawick, Raul Sidnei; Ferreira, Marcelo Gitirana Gomes; Forcellini, Fernando Antônio

doi:10.1002/spip.436

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“…However, there are clear differences in their recommendations related to how to achieve the compatibility. Some studies argue for changing the culture so that it is compatible with agile methods [81,82], although acknowledging that this is difficult and reminding that researchers are dealing with a complex anthropological and sociological phenomenon that is quite unique in every organization.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…There are a few studies that have investigated the relationship between organizational culture and agile methods [70,77,81,82,79]. They clearly demonstrate that organizational culture and cultural compatibility can be conceptualized in a number of ways.…”

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“…9 They identify a number of favorable and unfavorable aspects in relation to XP adoption in the case of each dimension. Tolfo et al [82] applies Schein's [72] framework to contrast organizational culture of three case companies from Tolfo and Wazlawick [81] with an idealized agile culture. Finally, Strode and colleagues [79] study the relationships between 24 culture indicators adopted from the Competing Values Model (see below) and the weighted sum of agile (XP) technique usage in nine projects, four of which are characterized as nonagile.…”

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“…Although they are usually introduced as adaptive and flexible methods responsive to the environmental volatility (especially requirement change) corresponding to the developmental culture [19] and emphasize values of the group culture such as trust, motivation and commitment [82], features such as timeboxed deadlines [6] and team effectiveness (The Agile Manifesto) reflect values of the rational culture. Furthermore, agile methods are often applied in a business context that tends to emphasize values of the rational culture such as productivity and goal achievement.…”

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“…Compatibilities and incompatibilities between agile methods and organizational culture have been recognized as one explanation of the encountered difficulties [19,10,62,17,86,16]. There are also more specific studies on the relationship between organizational culture and agile methods [70,77,81,82,79]. 0950-5849/$ -see front matter Ó 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.…”

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Agile practices and the promotion of entrepreneurial skills in software development

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This article addresses the relationships between agile development and entrepreneurship. The objective of the study is to verify that the adoption of agile practices can promote entrepreneurial skills in software developers. In this study, agile practices were related to entrepreneurial skills, and developers of the software industry and academia professors were invited to contribute. Questionnaires were sent to the participants to obtain their opinion regarding this research. Participants also opined about the possibility of entrepreneurial skills being an observable behavior in agile culture, ie, if they are visible artifacts of agile culture. As a result, the study found a set of agile practices that promote entrepreneurial skills in software developers. That is, it was found that agile practices promote entrepreneurial behavior in these professionals. These entrepreneurial skills are sustained by the same basic values and assumptions that were learned by developers to resolve internal integration and external adaptation issues during the adoption of agile practices. In this article, an integration model has been adapted from other areas, thereby opening a new field of study involving the relationships between academic research and professional practice on entrepreneurship in the software area and agile development.

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Agile methods and organizational culture: reflections about cultural levels

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References 6 publications

The relationship between organizational culture and the deployment of agile methods

The relationship between organizational culture and the deployment of agile methods

Using agile methods for the development of green and sustainable software: Success factors for GSD vendors

Agile practices and the promotion of entrepreneurial skills in software development

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