Real World Scrum A Grounded Theory of Variations in Practice

Masood, Zainab; Hoda, Rashina; Blincoe, Kelly

doi:10.1109/tse.2020.3025317

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“…For the development and implementation of this research work, the Scrum methodology was selected, this methodology is positioned among the best methodologies known worldwide, it is focused on software development, this methodology offers a suitable way to comply with good practices, before collaborative work giving the possibility of giving the best results in the projects, providing security and viability towards its final goal. On the other hand, the main characteristics of this methodology are based on its speed, adaptability, efficiency and flexibility [12]. It also has the guarantee of obtaining an environment, with security and transparency, having an environment of continuous progress, without loss of resources as it is a methodology prepared to change regardless of its difficulty [13].…”

Section: A Scrum Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Inclusive Education: Implementation of a Mobile Application for Blind Students

Gabriel-Gonzales¹,

Andrade–Arenas²

2021

IJACSA

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Currently, the world is going through an era of changes in the education sector, but most Latin American countries are lagging, especially Peru, which does not have the technological tools that allow it to advance to an adequate level of inclusion of disabled students, especially blind students who are 60% of students who drop out of school for lack of education that have be suitable for their need. Consequently, the present research work is originated which aims to develop a mobile application oriented to the benefit of inclusive education of blind students. Therefore, the agile scrum methodology was used for the development of this project, executed in 5 phases, the requirements identified for the development of the mobile application were obtained through a questionnaire to 25 parents of visually impaired students, allowing the development of a mobile application that meets quality of inclusive education that can be applied in the education sector. Finally, as a result of the research work, another satisfaction survey was conducted with 50 parents where the application was evaluated, obtaining 90% of acceptance and satisfaction.

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Section: A Scrum Methodologymentioning

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“…The second stage is the implementation stage, which focuses on creating, estimating and identifying the user stories (HU) that were previously collected as requirements. Also, after that, the Sprint is determined, which is the time in which the project deliverables will be developed and, finally, the product backlog is created [12].…”

Section: A Scrum Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Inclusive Education: Implementation of a Mobile Application for Blind Students

Gabriel-Gonzales¹,

Andrade–Arenas²

2021

IJACSA

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“…Transition Practice Role Key focus/Insight Masood et al (2020b) x Shows how Scrum works in practice as compared to how it is presented in its formative books. The authors identified significant variations when comparing the formative descriptions and the "real world setting" Shastri et al (2021a) x x Highlights the continued presence of the role of the project manager in Agile software projects as a part of the transition from traditional to Agile ways of working Shastri et al (2021b) x x Presents and describes the Scrum master's role in Agile projects and find a positive association between the presence of the Scrum master and the frequency with which Agile practices are carried out by the team Table 2.…”

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Balancing between stability and change in Agile teams

Lindskog

Netz

2021

IJMPB

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PurposeThis study aims to create a better understanding of how practitioners implement and work Agile while balancing the tensions arising between stability and change.Design/methodology/approachA grounded theory approach was used to explore what happens in practice when software development teams implement and work Agile. The empirical data consists of twenty semi-structured interviews with practitioners working in fourteen different organizations and in six different Agile roles.FindingsAs a result, a substantive theory was presented of continuously balancing between stability and change in Agile teams. In addition, the study also proposes three guidelines that can help organizations about to change their way of working to Agile.Research limitations/implicationsThe inherent limitation of a grounded theory study is that a substantial theory can only explain the specific contexts explored in that study. Thus, this study's contribution is a substantial theory that needs to be further developed and improved.Practical implicationsThe proposed guidelines can help organizations about to change their way of working to Agile. They can also assist organizations in switching from “doing Agile” to “being Agile”, thus becoming more successful.Originality/valueThe new perspective that this study contributes is the fact that our discovered categories show that several inherent processes are ongoing at the same time in order to balance the need to have both stability and change.

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“…Kaizen does not claim external validity [12] and adopting it requires the users to adapt it to their context for the same reasons that companies tailor methods (including Scrum) to fit their values, culture, reality, needs, and strategies [7], [1].…”

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Evaluating a Bayesian Network to Predict Customer Satisfaction in Scrum Software Development Projects: An Empirical Study with One Company

Perkusich¹

2021

Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

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Using knowledge-based systems for helping agile teams to improve their performance is not a fact in the industry. In previous work, we have presented Kaizen, a knowledge-based Bayesian network for assisting Scrum teams in diagnosing their value stream in light of the predicted Customer Satisfaction and, consequently, improve their performance. This study assesses Kaizen's accuracy to predict Customer Satisfaction using realworld data. We adopted Kaizen for one software development company and collected data from 18 projects using an online questionnaire. We collected two types of data: inputs for Kaizen and the expected Customer satisfaction. We used the first type of collected data as inputs for Kaizen to calculate the predicted Customer satisfaction. Then, we assessed Kaizen's accuracy by comparing the predicted (i.e., calculated) and expected (i.e., collected) Customer satisfaction using face value and the average Brier score. Considering the face value, Kaizen predicted Customer Satisfaction correctly for 14 out of the 18 projects. The average Brier Score was 0.16. The model predicts, with satisfactory accuracy, the Customer Satisfaction and systemizes the process for Scrum teams to self-diagnose, enabling for causal analysis and supporting their continuous improvement.

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Real World Scrum A Grounded Theory of Variations in Practice

Cited by 45 publications

References 31 publications

Inclusive Education: Implementation of a Mobile Application for Blind Students

Inclusive Education: Implementation of a Mobile Application for Blind Students

Balancing between stability and change in Agile teams

Evaluating a Bayesian Network to Predict Customer Satisfaction in Scrum Software Development Projects: An Empirical Study with One Company

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