Exploring facilitators of transition and adoption to agile methods: a grounded theory study

Nowadays, changing development approach from traditional to Agile methods has been considered as a strategic decision for achieving Agile values by most software companies and organizations. Due to its nature, moving to Agile software development and adapting to Agile methods need a long time and en...

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Prif Awduron: Gandomani, Taghi Javdani, Zulzalil, Hazura, Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim, Md. Sultan, Abu Bakar, Sharif, Khaironi Yatim
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author Gandomani, Taghi Javdani
Zulzalil, Hazura
Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim
Md. Sultan, Abu Bakar
Sharif, Khaironi Yatim
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Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim
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description Nowadays, changing development approach from traditional to Agile methods has been considered as a strategic decision for achieving Agile values by most software companies and organizations. Due to its nature, moving to Agile software development and adapting to Agile methods need a long time and enough effort. Thus, organizations are faced with a lot of challenges during the transition and adoption process. Providing facilitators can make transition process easier and faster. Conducting a Grounded Theory study on Agile transformation process, involving 33 Agile experts across 13 different countries showed that Agile transition and adoption needs to be supported by several facilitators. Thus, the main contribution of this article is providing eight major facilitators that should be used by Agile teams to support Agile transition and adoption. Some of these facilitators support team members in doing their jobs and empower them against challenges. Some others help them in dealing with challenges or prevent potential problems before occurrence in Agile transition process. Furthermore, some of these facilitators have positive effects on people and motivate them to adapt with their new behaviors. Agile transition and Adoption will be faster and easier if the more facilitators get involve.
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spelling upm.eprints-375682023-09-28T04:07:00Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37568/ Exploring facilitators of transition and adoption to agile methods: a grounded theory study Gandomani, Taghi Javdani Zulzalil, Hazura Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim Md. Sultan, Abu Bakar Sharif, Khaironi Yatim Nowadays, changing development approach from traditional to Agile methods has been considered as a strategic decision for achieving Agile values by most software companies and organizations. Due to its nature, moving to Agile software development and adapting to Agile methods need a long time and enough effort. Thus, organizations are faced with a lot of challenges during the transition and adoption process. Providing facilitators can make transition process easier and faster. Conducting a Grounded Theory study on Agile transformation process, involving 33 Agile experts across 13 different countries showed that Agile transition and adoption needs to be supported by several facilitators. Thus, the main contribution of this article is providing eight major facilitators that should be used by Agile teams to support Agile transition and adoption. Some of these facilitators support team members in doing their jobs and empower them against challenges. Some others help them in dealing with challenges or prevent potential problems before occurrence in Agile transition process. Furthermore, some of these facilitators have positive effects on people and motivate them to adapt with their new behaviors. Agile transition and Adoption will be faster and easier if the more facilitators get involve. Academy Publisher 2014 Article PeerReviewed Gandomani, Taghi Javdani and Zulzalil, Hazura and Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim and Md. Sultan, Abu Bakar and Sharif, Khaironi Yatim (2014) Exploring facilitators of transition and adoption to agile methods: a grounded theory study. Journal of Software, 9 (7). pp. 1666-1678. ISSN 1796-217X http://www.jsoftware.us/show-82-980-1.html 10.4304/jsw.9.7.1666-1678
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Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim
Md. Sultan, Abu Bakar
Sharif, Khaironi Yatim
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