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- Evbota, Felix, et al.
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Scaling up the Planning Game: Collaboration Challenges in Large Scale Agile Product Development
- 2016
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Ingår i: 17th International Conference on Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming, XP 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 24-27 May 2016. - Cham : Springer International Publishing. - 1865-1348 .- 1865-1356. - 9783319335148 ; , s. 28-38
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- One of the benefits of agile is close collaboration of customer and developer. This ensures good commitment and excellent knowledge flows of information about priorities and efforts. However, it is unclear if this benefit can be leveraged at scale. Clearly, it is infeasible to use practices such as planning game with several agile teams in the room. In this paper, we investigate how a large-scale agile organization manages, what challenges exist, and which opportunities can be leveraged. We found challenges in three areas: (i) the abil-ity to estimate, prioritize, and plan; (ii) the context of planning with respect to working environment, team build-up, and team spirit; and (iii) the ceremonial agreement which promises to allow leveraging abilities in a given context.
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- Sekitoleko, Nelson, et al.
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Technical Dependency Challenges in Large-Scale Agile Software Development
- 2014
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Ingår i: Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing. - Cham : Springer International Publishing. - 1865-1356 .- 1865-1348. - 9783319068619 ; 179, s. 46-61, s. 46-61
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This qualitative study investigates challenges associated with technical dependencies and their communication.Such challenges frequently occur when agile practices are scaled to large-scale software development. The use of thematic analysis on semi-structured interviews revealed five challenges: planning, task prioritization, information exchange, code quality, and integration. More importantly, these challenges interact with one another and can lead to a domino effect or vicious circle. If an organization struggles with one challenge, it is likely that the other challenges become problematic as well. This situation can have a significant impact on process and product quality. Our recommendations focus on improving planning and knowledge sharing (with practices such as scrum-of-scrums, continuous integration, open space technology) to break the vicious circle, and to reestablish effective communication across teams, which will then enable large-scale companies to achieve the benefits of large-scale agility.
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