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How human aspects impress Agile software development transition and adoption

Many software companies are interested in using Agile methods in their software projects. Contrary to traditional software development methods, Agile methods are people oriented. This fact shows the significant role of individuals in these methods. Increasing prevalence of Agile methods forces softw...

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Main Authors: Gandomani, Taghi Javdani, Zulzalil, Hazura, Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim, Md Sultan, Abu Bakar, Yatim Sharif, Khaironi
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Published: Science and Engineering Research Support Society 2014
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spelling my.upm.eprints.378882015-12-21T06:30:51Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37888/ How human aspects impress Agile software development transition and adoption Gandomani, Taghi Javdani Zulzalil, Hazura Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim Md Sultan, Abu Bakar Yatim Sharif, Khaironi Many software companies are interested in using Agile methods in their software projects. Contrary to traditional software development methods, Agile methods are people oriented. This fact shows the significant role of individuals in these methods. Increasing prevalence of Agile methods forces software companies to consider people related factors as critical issues in adoption and transition to Agile methods and practices. This article focused on human aspects of Agile transformation process by conducting a Grounded Theory study involving 32 Agile experts. The main contribution of this article is identification and classification of diverse human aspects of Agile transformation process. Analyzing collected data showed that human aspects of Agile transformation process can be classified in several categories. While some of them are impediments to change, some others act as change accelerators. At the same time people’s perceptions about change process and incentive factors can shape and form human aspects during the Agile transformation process. Each of these categories encompasses its own factors which have negative or positive effect on change process. Science and Engineering Research Support Society 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37888/1/How%20human%20aspects%20impress%20agile%20software%20development%20transition%20and%20adoption.pdf Gandomani, Taghi Javdani and Zulzalil, Hazura and Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim and Md Sultan, Abu Bakar and Yatim Sharif, Khaironi (2014) How human aspects impress Agile software development transition and adoption. International Journal of Software Engineering and Its Applications, 8 (1). pp. 129-148. ISSN 1738-9984 http://www.sersc.org/journals/IJSEIA/vol8_no1_2014.php 10.14257/ijseia.2014.8.1.12
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description Many software companies are interested in using Agile methods in their software projects. Contrary to traditional software development methods, Agile methods are people oriented. This fact shows the significant role of individuals in these methods. Increasing prevalence of Agile methods forces software companies to consider people related factors as critical issues in adoption and transition to Agile methods and practices. This article focused on human aspects of Agile transformation process by conducting a Grounded Theory study involving 32 Agile experts. The main contribution of this article is identification and classification of diverse human aspects of Agile transformation process. Analyzing collected data showed that human aspects of Agile transformation process can be classified in several categories. While some of them are impediments to change, some others act as change accelerators. At the same time people’s perceptions about change process and incentive factors can shape and form human aspects during the Agile transformation process. Each of these categories encompasses its own factors which have negative or positive effect on change process.
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author Gandomani, Taghi Javdani
Zulzalil, Hazura
Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim
Md Sultan, Abu Bakar
Yatim Sharif, Khaironi
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Zulzalil, Hazura
Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim
Md Sultan, Abu Bakar
Yatim Sharif, Khaironi
How human aspects impress Agile software development transition and adoption
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Zulzalil, Hazura
Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim
Md Sultan, Abu Bakar
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title How human aspects impress Agile software development transition and adoption
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publisher Science and Engineering Research Support Society
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