TY - GEN
T1 - Creativity in agile systems development
T2 - IFIP WG 8.2 International Conference on Information Systems - Creativity and Innovation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, CreativeSME 2009
AU - Conboy, Kieran
AU - Wang, Xiaofeng
AU - Fitzgerald, Brian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2009.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Proponents of agile methods claim that enabling, fostering and driving creativity is the key motivation that differentiates agile methods from their more traditional, beauraucratic counterparts. However, there is very little rigorous research to support this claim. Like most of their predecessors, the development and promotion of these methods has been almost entirely driven by practitioners and consultants, with little objective validation from the research community. This lack of validation is particularly relevant for SMEs, given that many of their project teams typify the environment to which agile methods are most suited i.e. small, co-located teams with diverse, blended skills in unstructured, sometimes even chaotic surroundings. This paper uses creativity theory as a lens to review the current agile method literature to understand exactly how much we know about the extent to which creativity actually occurs in these agile environments. The study reveals many gaps and conflict of opinion in the body of knowledge in its current state and identifies many avenues for further research.
AB - Proponents of agile methods claim that enabling, fostering and driving creativity is the key motivation that differentiates agile methods from their more traditional, beauraucratic counterparts. However, there is very little rigorous research to support this claim. Like most of their predecessors, the development and promotion of these methods has been almost entirely driven by practitioners and consultants, with little objective validation from the research community. This lack of validation is particularly relevant for SMEs, given that many of their project teams typify the environment to which agile methods are most suited i.e. small, co-located teams with diverse, blended skills in unstructured, sometimes even chaotic surroundings. This paper uses creativity theory as a lens to review the current agile method literature to understand exactly how much we know about the extent to which creativity actually occurs in these agile environments. The study reveals many gaps and conflict of opinion in the body of knowledge in its current state and identifies many avenues for further research.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84927670817&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-02388-0_9
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-02388-0_9
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84927670817
SN - 9783642023873
T3 - IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
SP - 122
EP - 134
BT - Information Systems - Creativity and Innovation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises - IFIP WG 8.2 International Conference, CreativeSME 2009, Proceedings
A2 - Dhillon, Gurpreet
A2 - Stahl, Bernd Carsten
A2 - Baskerville, Richard
PB - Springer New York LLC
Y2 - 21 June 2009 through 24 June 2009
ER -