Factors Affecting Effectiveness of Agile Usage – Insights from the BBC Worldwide Case Study

Senapathi, Mali; Middleton, Peter; Evans, Gareth

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“…As compare to the previously used Agile method the lead-time of software development increased by 37%, delivery consistent rate increased by 47% and the number of customers reported defects have fallen by 24% [17]. Due to the WIP limits, the items that are of higher priority and need to be executed / developed earlier than the other items approach are pulled to optimize the value, that resulted in enhanced customer satisfaction level [14], [15], [17].…”

Section: Table I Lean and Kanban Principlesmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…The literature review [6] conducted in Kanban techniques few years ago revealed several challenges and benefits in the adaptation of Kanban technique in software development industry. Few of the benefits that the implementation and practice of Kanban technique guarantees include: the Kanban technique makes easier the understanding of whole development process, helps in augmenting the level of coordination and confidence among team members and project / production stakeholders, and facilitates the development team in understanding the requirements and satisfaction of the customers [14], [15], [16]. According the study [17], It was revealed that the Kanban technique has significantly improved the performance of the development teams, increased the customer satisfaction level and reduced the number of defects in the product.…”

Section: Table I Lean and Kanban Principlesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Implementation of Kanban Techniques in Software Development Process: An Empirical Study Based on Benefits and Challenges

Riaz

2019

SJCMS

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It has been observed that there is an increasing trend of implementing Lean Techniques as a whole in general and Kanban in particular in the software development process all across the globe to reap the proclaimed advantages of these techniques as documented in the available literature and verified by the Lean practitioners. The main goal of this paper is to highlight the present state of implementation and usage of Kanban techniques in the software development process, its obtained and to-be-obtained benefits, challenges that are being faced by the software development companies and the reason(s) of motivation that compels the organization to adopt Kanban technique. Furthermore, the solutions for challenges identified during the study will also be suggested. In order to achieve this, an empirical study has been conducted encompassing a survey followed by complementing thematic interview sessions with 241 employees of 67 software companies of Pakistan. The companies involved in the empirical study have reasonable years of experience in practicing Agile and Lean techniques. Generally, the obtained results depict that the usage of Kanban techniques is rather positive and appreciative; however, the challenges that are being faced in Kanban adoption are lack of specialized training and experience pertaining to its usage, and a too conventional organizational culture.

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Section: Table I Lean and Kanban Principlesmentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Table I Lean and Kanban Principlesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Implementation of Kanban Techniques in Software Development Process: An Empirical Study Based on Benefits and Challenges

Riaz

2019

SJCMS

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“…Pode-se destacar um dos estudos em que (Santos, Beltrão, Souza, Travassos, 2018) Esta definição foi aceita, também por (Ahmad, Markkula, Oivo, 2013) (Dennehy, 2016), (Fitzgerald, Musiał, Stol, 2014), (Harzl, 2016), (Law, Lárusdóttir, 2015), (Mahnic, 2015), (Tripathi, Rodríguez, Ahmad, Oivo, 2015), (Rodriguez, Partanen, Kuvaja, Oivo, 2014), (Senapathi, Middleton, Evans, 2011…”

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Gestão Do Desenvolvimento De Software Com O Uso De Quadro Virtual Kanban/ Software Development Management With the Use of Kanban Virtual Board

Alexandre

Almeida

2020

BJD

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“…all except one paper was less than ten years of age. [39], Irrazabal et al [40], Hoda et al [41], [42], Dorairaj et al [43], Senapathi et al [44], Ressin et al [45], [46], Santos and Goldman [47], Kim and Ryoo [48], Ihme [49], and Allisy-Roberts et al [4], with publication years ranging from 2008 to 2017. Of the listed challenges, the one that is very peculiar comes from the mixed mode study by Heikkila et al [18], which recorded that cross functional generalist teams were not plausible in the environment.…”

Section: Scrum Adoption Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We used the idea of Senapathi et al [44], who developed a CF based on a synthesis of past research in DOI, agile implementation, and IS implementation literature. Their five factor groups are agile innovation, organizational, sociological, team, and technological factors, which have been adopted from agile, XP, DOI, and IS frameworks and literature.…”

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Scrum Adoption Challenges Detection Model: SACDM

Hanslo¹,

Mnkandla²

2018

Annals of Computer Science and Information Systems

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Scrum has been the most widely adopted Agile methodology over the past decade with Scrum and Scrum variants offering alternatives to the old software development methods. While Scrum plays an important role in the success of Agile development, it does come with its own challenges. In previous research challenges have been analyzed at the organizational and team level, primarily via case studies. However, fundamentally, Scrum needs to be adopted at the individual level. Furthermore, challenges such as inexperience, poor communication, specialization, lack of teamwork, low-quality, organizational culture and Scrum compatibility, have been identified as contributors. This paper therefore discusses the Scrum and Agile adoption challenges faced both globally as well as within the South African borders, from the findings of a narrative review. Secondly, a custom model adapted from the Diffusion of Innovation theoretical model was developed to detect the Scrum adoption challenges experienced within software organizations at the individual level. The custom model referred to as the Scrum Adoption Challenges Detection Model (SACDM) consists of four constructs, namely; individual factors, team factors, organizational factors and technology factors. The constructs are composed of nineteen independent variables that assists in understanding which factors contributes towards an individual either adopting or rejecting Scrum within a software organization. SACDM is therefore used to detect the adoption or rejection of Scrum as the dependent variable based on the independent variables being tested within the four constructs. The model can further be used with a survey questionnaire to provide generalized awareness of Scrum adoption challenges allowing software organizations to make more informed decisions when adopting Scrum. Future research is to allow the model to contribute towards Scrum adoption challenges predictive analysis.

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Factors Affecting Effectiveness of Agile Usage – Insights from the BBC Worldwide Case Study

Cited by 11 publications

References 28 publications

Implementation of Kanban Techniques in Software Development Process: An Empirical Study Based on Benefits and Challenges

Implementation of Kanban Techniques in Software Development Process: An Empirical Study Based on Benefits and Challenges

Gestão Do Desenvolvimento De Software Com O Uso De Quadro Virtual Kanban/ Software Development Management With the Use of Kanban Virtual Board

Scrum Adoption Challenges Detection Model: SACDM

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