Empirical Investigation on Agile Methods Usage: Issues Identified from Early Adopters in Malaysia

Asnawi, Ani Liza; Gravell, Andrew M.; Wills, Gary

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-20677-1_14

Cited by 23 publications

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“…Seven knowledge sharing barriers and thirty-seven general barriers, in general, are described by proposing a conceptual framework. Asnawi et al [14] report the issues involved in the adoption of agile methodologies. The data is gathered to conclude the results from the early adopters (software development companies) of Malaysia.…”

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Adaptive Framework to Manage Multiple Teams Using Agile Methodologies

Qureshi¹,

Kashif²

2017

IJMECS

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Abstract-The increased demand of agile methods results in challenging and unique problems, one of which is the unsuitability of agile methods for software development companies, particularly those with multiple teams. Secondly, agile methods are silent regarding how to achieve long-term organizational goals within the umbrella of agile software engineering. Considering these software industry problems, a new contemporary learning-based adaptive framework is proposed in the domain of agile methods. The proposed framework will help software companies to achieve long-term organizational goals. It is anticipated that the proposed framework will increase employee satisfaction by improving their technical skills and interpersonal communication capabilities using contemporary learning and knowledge-sharing activities. A survey is conducted from multinational software companies to validate the proposed adaptive framework, and the results are notably supportive and encouraging.

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“…al. [14] further divided the social factor into knowledge, mindset, commitment, management involvement, knowledge transfer, structure of organizations and communication areas.…”

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Adaptive Framework to Manage Multiple Teams Using Agile Methodologies

Qureshi¹,

Kashif²

2017

IJMECS

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“…We hope that based on our findings from this study, the usage of the methods will increase and at the same time, add to the awareness of the Agile methodologies in the country. As many new participants compared to the initial study [5], therefore, this paper will provide and add more qualitative evidence to the study in terms of Agile adoption and its introduction in the country specifically in terms of Agile perception .…”

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“…While Agile became mainstream in the development of software in the Western countries (such as Europe, Australia and Northen America), it is not the case in other regions: Southeast Asia region [2] and countries such as Malaysia. For them, Agile is new and some have never heard of the method [5].…”

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Emergence of Agile Methods: Perceptions from Software Practitioners in Malaysia

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Abstract-Agile methods are an established process for developing software nowadays. There is, however, less evidence on their usage among software practitioners in Malaysia. While the methods have become mainstream in other regions, that is not the case in this country. This paper empirically investigates the perceptions of Agile methods usage from seven organisations involving 14 software practitioners in Malaysia. Our participants are using Scrum and have a maximum of five years experience. We categorised our findings in terms of awareness, introduction, and challenges they are facing, together with the suggested and practiced solution from them. Interestingly, a change in mind set when practicing Agile was identified to be helpful in reducing the challenges. Lastly we present the practices in Agile they perceived to deliver the most benefits. We found that the use of Agile is still emerging in the country, and awareness is still lacking especially within the government sector. Although several challenges have been encountered when introducing Agile in their organisations, the benefits of Agile are reported to be in Agile practices such as: the involvement from all parties from the beginning, daily stand-up meeting, iterative and incremental, applying burn down chart, sprint and continuous integration. We aim to provide awareness and knowledge about Agile methods to the practitioners in the country and the nearby region. This paper can serve as a reference to the early adopters who intend to use Agile methods in the future.

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