articleJournal of Systems and SoftwareJun 7, 2016HYBRID OA

Challenges and success factors for large-scale agile transformations: A systematic literature review

Aalto University · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Agile methods have become an appealing alternative for companies striving to improve their performance, but the methods were originally designed for small and individual teams. This creates unique challenges when introducing agile at scale, when development teams must synchronize their activities, and there might be a need to interface with other organizational units. In this paper we present a systematic literature review on how agile methods and lean software development has been adopted at scale, focusing on reported challenges and success factors in the transformation. We conducted a systematic literature review of industrial large-scale agile transformations. Our keyword search found 1875 papers. We…

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Keywords
  • Agile software development
  • Agile Unified Process
  • Scale (ratio)
  • Systematic review
  • Mindset
  • Agile usability engineering
  • Process (computing)
  • Coaching
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Industry, innovation and infrastructure
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