TY - GEN
T1 - Agile and InnerSource
T2 - 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2025
AU - Dillon, Clare
AU - Fitzgerald, Brian
AU - Ribeiro, J. Eduardo Ferreira
AU - Izquierdo-Cortázar, Daniel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - InnerSource, the use of open source methods inside organizations, is gaining momentum. However, there is limited research available on how InnerSource may be adopted in tandem with Agile. The main objective of this paper is to examine areas of congruence and friction between Agile and InnerSource, so that practitioners may chart an optimal path to adopting InnerSource. Our analysis draws on a framework from previous studies which compared agile and open source. We find that InnerSource complements and diverges from Agile in many of the same ways open source does. Based on InnerSource practitioner feedback, we also identify an additional seven areas of potential friction that were not examined in previous Agile open source comparison studies. Our findings will help Agile practitioners assess when and how to adopt InnerSource for maximum positive impact in their organizations. Furthermore, we have identified a number of areas for follow-on research, investigating the adoption of both methods in diverse organizational contexts.
AB - InnerSource, the use of open source methods inside organizations, is gaining momentum. However, there is limited research available on how InnerSource may be adopted in tandem with Agile. The main objective of this paper is to examine areas of congruence and friction between Agile and InnerSource, so that practitioners may chart an optimal path to adopting InnerSource. Our analysis draws on a framework from previous studies which compared agile and open source. We find that InnerSource complements and diverges from Agile in many of the same ways open source does. Based on InnerSource practitioner feedback, we also identify an additional seven areas of potential friction that were not examined in previous Agile open source comparison studies. Our findings will help Agile practitioners assess when and how to adopt InnerSource for maximum positive impact in their organizations. Furthermore, we have identified a number of areas for follow-on research, investigating the adoption of both methods in diverse organizational contexts.
KW - Agile
KW - Inner Source
KW - InnerSource
KW - Open Source
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105005137827
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105005137827
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
SP - 7484
EP - 7492
BT - Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2025
A2 - Bui, Tung X.
PB - IEEE Computer Society
Y2 - 7 January 2025 through 10 January 2025
ER -