{"id":8017773,"date":"2016-08-26T13:01:22","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T20:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-agilealliance.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=8017773"},"modified":"2025-08-20T14:17:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T21:17:31","slug":"research-papers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agilealliance.org\/resources\/research-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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You must be an Agile Alliance member to view the research papers, please log into your member account. If you\u2019re not yet a member, you can join today<\/a> and take advantage of our expert resources and members-only events.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Stakeholder Perceptions of the Adoption of Continuous Integration \u2013 A Case Study<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Continuous integration is an important support mechanism for the fast delivery of new features. However, its adoption in industry has often been problematic, partly due to social challenges. However, there […]<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t
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The Impact of Human Factors on Agile Projects<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
This research aims to provide more evidence about the impact of human factors in agile software projects. In this light, we have conducted a systematic literature review (SLR) to investigate […]<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t
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Symbolic Innovation in Agile Transformations<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Much of the empirical research on agile transformations concentrates on the success factors for effective change management. Although these factors are essential in establishing beneficial norms and practices, the existing […]<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t
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Synthesizing Continuous Deployment Practices Used in Software Development<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Continuous deployment speeds up the process of existing agile methods, such as Scrum, and Extreme Programming (XP) through the automatic deployment of software changes to end-users upon passing of automated […]<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t
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Predicting Release Time for Open Source Software based on the Generalized Software Reliability Model<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
There is a significant challenge that how to predict the possible release date of the target software having enough reliability in agile development where incremental development and small software releases […]<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t
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Managing Technical Debt in Software Projects Using Scrum: An Action Research<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Ward Cunningham in his experience report presented at the OOPSLA\u201992 conference introduced the metaphor of technical debt. This metaphor is related to immature, incomplete or inadequate artifacts in the software […]<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t
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Lean CMMI: An Iterative and Incremental Approach to CMMI-Based Process Improvement<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Software Process Improvement (SPI) projects incorporate organization transition risks which may cause many process improvement initiatives to fail. To mitigate these risks, an iterative and incremental approach called \u2018Process Increments\u2019 […]<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t
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Gap Analysis between State of Practice & State of Art Practices in Agile Software Development<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Agile software development can be considered as a development methodology that suits the situations where requirements are changing frequently. Most of the literature about agile is specific to one or […]<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t
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Explaining Agility with a Process Theory of Change<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
While Agile approaches have been widely adopted, our theoretical understanding of their foundations and impacts remains limited. This is due to conflating two entirely different meanings of \u201cAgile.\u201d We therefore […]<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t
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Development of Complex Software with Agile Method<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Agile Software Development (ASD) has been in the mainstream through methodologies such as XP and Scrum enabling them to be applied in the development of complex and reliable software systems. […]<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t
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Agile Communicators: Cognitive Apprenticeship to Prepare Students for Communication-Intensive Software Development<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
We report on our efforts to enhance our undergraduate computer science and software engineering curriculum, promoting what we term agile communication through practice in inquiry, critique, and reflection. We are […]<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t
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A Lean Design Methodology for Business Models and Its Application to IoT Business Model Development<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
We propose a lean design methodology for business models, which repeatedly designs business-model hypotheses in researching manner; moreover, with which corporate businesses can create new business value utilizing IT. Both […]<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t
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The Prevalence of UX Design in Agile Development Processes in Industry<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
The gap between how the academic world develops usability and user experience (UX) methods, and how the industry employs these methods is perceived as both broad and deep. But is […]<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t
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Visual Management and Blind Software Developers<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
With the popularization of Agile methods for developing and managing software projects, many organizations have been using visual management tools for planning, executing and evaluating their activities. These visual management […]<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t
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Understanding Digital Cardwall Usage<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
In Agile software development, key artifacts used to support the process are the User Story (usually recorded on a Storycard) and Story Cardwall (usually a dedicated portion of a wall). […]<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t
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AGILE ux Model \u2013 Towards a Reference Model on Integrating UX in Developing Software Using Agile Methodologies<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
This paper presents a maturity model for integrating agile methods and user experience in the software development cycle that may be suitable for small companies. The proposal is in line […]<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t
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Deepening Our Understanding of Communities of Practice in Large-Scale Agile Development<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Communities of Practice (CoPs) are groups of experts who share a common interest or topic and collectively want to deepen their knowledge. The use of CoPs is one of the […]<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t
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Using Agile Story Points as an Estimation Technique in CMMI Organizations<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Story Point is a relative measure heavily used for agile estimation of size. The team decides how big a point is, and based on that size, determines how many points […]<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t
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Work Motivational Challenges Regarding the Interface Between Agile Teams and a Non-Agile Surrounding Organization: A case study<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
There are studies showing what happens if agile teams are introduced into a non-agile organization, e.g. higher overhead costs and the necessity of an understanding of agile methods even outside […]<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t
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Network Analysis for Software Patterns including Organizational Patterns in Portland Pattern Repository<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Organizational patterns are known as the basis for Agile software development movement. Patterns usually form a network having relationships among them to support users understand and utilize patterns efficiently and […]<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t
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Adapting to Changes in a Project’s DNA<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
We present a 15-month descriptive case study on a real-world Scrum process transformation from a single-site to a distributed development environment in a medium-sized software development organization in Austria. The […]<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t
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Agile Methods Adoption on Software Development – a Pilot Review<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Scientific publications throughout the years describe study cases and experience reports from organizations that have been through the agile adoption process. At the same time, frameworks and generic methods for […]<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t
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Impediment Impact Diagrams<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Achieving a smooth flow of work through the system is a goal for many teams and organizations that embrace agile and lean approaches. However, the flow of work faces many […]<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t
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