On the Agile Transformation in a Large-Complex Globally Distributed Company: Why Boarding this Journey, Steps Taken and Main Foreseen Concerns

Roman, Greice de Carli; Marczak, Sabrina; Dutra, Alessandra; Prikladnicki, Rafael

doi:10.1109/wbma.2015.13

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“…These approaches coincide in some aspects but differ in many others. The approaches can be classified according to their organizational strategy (bottom‐up or top‐down [eg, Roman et al]). Furthermore, we find two basic procedures (step by step [eg, Smits and Rilliet] or big bang [eg, Roman et al]).…”

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“…The approaches can be classified according to their organizational strategy (bottom‐up or top‐down [eg, Roman et al]). Furthermore, we find two basic procedures (step by step [eg, Smits and Rilliet] or big bang [eg, Roman et al]). Most of the papers present case studies or experience reports (eg, Fry and Greene, Lifshitz et al, Maples, Moreira, and Papadopoulos).…”

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“…Roman et al present an agile transformation in a large company with globally distributed projects. They performed a qualitative study based on interviews in order to reveal reasons for becoming agile.…”

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“…They performed a qualitative study based on interviews in order to reveal reasons for becoming agile. They further investigated the main concerns of the management . The transformation was driven by a top‐down big‐bang approach initiated by a new Chief Information Officer (CIO).…”

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“…An agile transformation is often supported by a transformation model providing some kind of “execution plan.” There is a wide variety of approaches that aim to help teams, companies, and organizations to become agile (cf. Smits and Rilliet, Roman et al, and Benefield).…”

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Almost all companies struggle with software systems that are getting increasingly complex. Therefore, in particular large companies often use software product lines, which provide an efficient way to manage software reuse as well as the high complexity. However, software product lines seem to be too slow to react to changes. Agile development approaches promise to meet this demand. At the same time, integrating an agile approach is not always easy. Consequently, there is a need for a transformation model that supports the agile transformation without harming the benefits of software product lines. In this paper, we present the results of a literature review regarding agile transformation in large software companies. Our results summarize the insights from 85 papers and present a list of 20 tasks and tasks that are recommended by several researchers to be considered during the transformation. On the basis of these results, we create an agile transformation model—the so‐called “agile hamburger”—that contains these tasks and preserves software product lines. Since the model is rather coarse grained and generic, we also support the adaption to different teams by presenting an assessment model tailored to the demands of the automotive domain.

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A taxonomy of scaling agility

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From transformation to normalisation: An exploratory study of a large-scale agile transformation

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Following the highly pervasive and effective use of agile methods at the team level, many software organisations now wish to replicate this success at the organisational level, adopting large-scale agile methods. However, an analysis of extant literature reveals (i) a lack of theoretically grounded studies of large-scale agile transformations; (ii) weak assumptions underpinning those that do exist; and (iii) an overly simplistic and often problematic over-reliance on simple adherence to agile methods. In addition, there is a lack of insights on why large-scale agile transformations fail. To explore this, we apply normalisation process theory (NPT) to examine key challenges in normalising (i.e., the process of embedding and sustaining) large-scale agile methods. We present an in-depth case study of large-scale agile transformation and demonstrate how failing to normalise a large-scale agile method can unravel an organisation’s transformation efforts. There are four key contributions from this research. First, this study shows that the standard focus on initial adoption is one of the main reasons for the widespread failure of digital transformations and in this case a large-scale agile transformation. Second, this is the first study to introduce and empirically apply NPT to information system development (ISD) as an illustrative guide for those across information systems field to follow. Third, we present key recommendations based on NPT to guide researchers and practitioners on the normalisation of large-scale transformations. Fourth, we present an agenda for future research on large-scale agile transformations.

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On the Agile Transformation in a Large-Complex Globally Distributed Company: Why Boarding this Journey, Steps Taken and Main Foreseen Concerns

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Transformation towards agile software product line engineering in large companies: A literature review

Transformation towards agile software product line engineering in large companies: A literature review

A taxonomy of scaling agility

From transformation to normalisation: An exploratory study of a large-scale agile transformation

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