Assessing an Organization's Capability to Effectively Implement Its Selected Agile Method(s): An Objectives, Principles, Strategies Approach

Soundararajan, Shvetha; Balcı, Osman; Arthur, James D.

doi:10.1109/agile.2013.9

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“…Entries marked as "-" on the following tables stand for "unspecified". 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.75 [38] 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.625 [65] 1.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.75 [49] 1.0 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.875 [56] 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.625 [50] 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 [51] 0.5 1.0 0.5 1.0 0.75 [27] 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 [6] 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.625 [54] 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 [77] 1.0 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.875 [8] 0.5 1.0 0.5 1.0 0.75 [40] 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.875 [70] 1.0 1.0 0.5 1.0 0.875 [20] 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 [68] 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.75 [47] 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 [69] 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.875 [16] 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 [72] 1.0 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.875 [3] 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.375 [71] 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 [64] 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 Lean [29] 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.75 [31] 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 [11] 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.75 [63] 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.875 [2] 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.625 UCD [73] 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 [10] 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 [32] 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.75 [45] 1.0 1.0 0.5 1.0 0.875 [55] 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 Agile and UCD [53] 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.625 [60] 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0…”

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“…Indeed, only a few models seem to be used in the software industry and none had follow-up studies, revealing a concerning detachment between academia and industry with regard to maturity models. Practices adoption, project performance 4 levels, based on existence an adherence to a structured process [38] Practices adoption 4 levels, based on learning [65] Practices adoption, sustaining approach 5 levels, based on existence and adherence to a structured process [49] Highly productive teams 5 levels, based on people [56] Sustaining approach 6 levels, based on existence and adherence to a structured process [50] Project performance 5 levels, based on existence and adherence to a structured process [51] Practices adoption 4 levels, based on existence and adherence to a structured process [27] Continuous improvement 5 levels, based on existence and adherence to a structured process [6] Highly productive teams 6 levels, based on existence and adherence to a structured process [54] Project performance 5 levels, based on existence and adherence to a structured process (practices) [77] Continuous improvement 5 levels, based on existence and adherence to a structured process (Scrum practices) [8] Continuous improvement - [40] Sustaining approach - [70] Practices adoption, continuous improvement - [20] Practices adoption 3 levels, but they mention adherence to a process should not be measured [68] Practices adoption 6 levels, based on existence and adherence to a structured process [47] Practices adoption, continuous improvement 4 levels, based on existence and adherence to a structured process (practices) [69] Continuous improvement 5 levels, based on existence and adherence to a structured process [16] -- [72] Sustaining approach 5 levels, based on existence and adherence to a structured process [3] Practices adoption - [71] Continuous improvement - [64] Practices adoption 6 levels, based on existence and adherence to a structured process Lean [29] Practices adoption, highly productive teams 5 levels, based on existence and adherence to a structured lean culture and process [31] Practices adoption 5 levels, based on existence and adherence to a structured lean culture and process (focus on products) [11] --…”

Section: Rq5 How Are These Maturity Models Evaluated?mentioning

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Adopting Agile Software Development Combined with User-Centered Design and Lean Startup: A Systematic Literature Review on Maturity Models

Zorzetti

Moralles

Salerno

et al. 2021

Enterprise Information Systems

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The use of Agile in the software development industry in the past two decades revealed that it is lackluster in some aspects, such as in guaranteeing user involvement and assuring that the right software is being built. There are reports that combining Agile with Lean Startup and User-Centered Design (UCD) helps in overcoming these shortcomings while also yielding several other benefits. However, there is not much documentation on how to use this "combined approach" and adapting existing organizations to use it is a challenge in of itself, in which the use of an instrument to guide or assess such transformations is typically pivotal to their success. As such, in this paper we seek to identify maturity models that assess the use of Agile, Lean Startup, and UCD. We conducted a systematic literature review of maturity models for these three methods published between 2001 and 2020. We characterized the maturity models and determined how they see maturity, how they are applied, and how they were evaluated. As an extended version of a previous paper, we augmented our analysis criteria and further classified the models in how they interpret maturity and what strategy they suggest when undergoing an improvement process, in addition to providing new insight on various aspects of the models. We found 35 maturity models, of which 23 were for Agile, 5 for Lean thinking, 5 for UCD, and 2 for Agile and UCD combined. No models for the combination of the three methods were found (nor for Lean Startup), as expected due to the novelty of the approach. Existing models mostly focus on practice adoption and acquiring continuous improvement capabilities, and are typically developed with a specific context in mind. We also note a lack of proper evaluation procedures being conducted on the majority of models, which could be due to the lack of well-established maturity model development methods and guidelines.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Rq5 How Are These Maturity Models Evaluated?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Adopting Agile Software Development Combined with User-Centered Design and Lean Startup: A Systematic Literature Review on Maturity Models

Zorzetti

Moralles

Salerno

et al. 2021

Enterprise Information Systems

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“…The researchers conducted an on-site study, scored the observed methods and conducted surveys gaining three kinds of scores: computed, expert, and organization members. The results showed considerable capability of supporting agile methods, but no variation between development teams was detected and results were statistically significant only in the strategies level [4]. Olszewska et al [25] measured agile transformation quantitatively to gain evidence of its impact, benefits and drawbacks.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Soundararajan, Balci and Arthur [4] created a method for assessing the "goodness" of an agile method. The method assesses the adequacy, capability and effectiveness using the objectives, principles and strategies framework.…”

Section: Measuring Agilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Developing effective and valid measurement for evaluating software firm's agility introduces an engaging question. While organizations strive to be agile by adopting methodologies such as Scrum and XP [3], projects, software firms and products are vastly different and the same practices are therefore applied very differently [4]. How can we then measure the overall agility of a software firm?…”

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Towards Measuring the Agility of Software Business

Kinnunen¹,

Luoma

2018

Proceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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Teaching agile hardware development with an open‐source engineering simulator: An evaluation with industry participants

Omidvarkarjan

Hofelich

Conrad

et al. 2023

Comp Applic In Engineering

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Educational games are increasingly used to teach Agile development approaches to practitioners. Most of these training modules simplify the development environment, for example, by using LEGO bricks or playing cards. This oversimplification has been shown to result in limited transferability of learning to industrial practice. Furthermore, there is a lack of teaching modules that specifically address the challenges of applying Agile to physical products. In this paper, we present an open-source educational game that realistically simulates a hardware development project to teach Agile principles. Over 2 days, participants design, manufacture, and test modifications for a physical wire bending machine within an authentic engineering and production setting. The training mimics the typical roles, processes, and tools of industrial engineering teams to reflect the challenges of Agile hardware development. The module was evaluated with 44 industry professionals regarding perceived learning and user reaction. A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods was used for the experimental evaluation. The results showed a positive learning effect as the participants' average agreement with Agile principles increased through the training.Concerning user reaction, respondents reported a high degree of relevance, interaction, and confidence, indicating that the realistic simulation of the hardware development appropriately balanced the degree of realism with simplicity. The study showcases the opportunities of properly aligning game components to provoke learning situations targeted by the instructors. It contributes to the extant literature by providing a design framework (product, process, setting, and instruction) and open-source access to the tools used for implementation.

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Assessing an Organization's Capability to Effectively Implement Its Selected Agile Method(s): An Objectives, Principles, Strategies Approach

Cited by 10 publications

References 4 publications

Adopting Agile Software Development Combined with User-Centered Design and Lean Startup: A Systematic Literature Review on Maturity Models

Adopting Agile Software Development Combined with User-Centered Design and Lean Startup: A Systematic Literature Review on Maturity Models

Towards Measuring the Agility of Software Business

Teaching agile hardware development with an open‐source engineering simulator: An evaluation with industry participants

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