Introducing agile methods in a large software development team: The developers changing perspective

Mary Giblin, Padraig Brennan, Chris Exton

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Abstract

NW Soft Solutions Ltd. (a pseudonym) is a large software development unit that develops large-scale network centric software solutions. NW Soft Solutions Ltd decided to adopt an agile development methodology. Martin Fowler in his article "The New Methodology" [1], states that in his opinion "Since agile methods are so fundamentally people-oriented, it's essential that you start with a team that wants to try and work in an agile way". Using NW Soft Solutions as a case study, this paper sets out to show how the developers attitudes towards agile methods change during the adoption phase. We see a shift in focus from agile practices at a superficial level to the core values that underpin agile methods.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAgile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming - 11th International Conference, XP 2010, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages184-189
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9783642130533
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Event11th International Conference on Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming, XP 2010 - Trondheim, Norway
Duration: 1 Jun 20104 Jun 2010

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume48 LNBIP
ISSN (Print)1865-1348

Conference

Conference11th International Conference on Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming, XP 2010
Country/TerritoryNorway
CityTrondheim
Period1/06/104/06/10

Keywords

  • Adoption
  • Agile
  • Concerns
  • Developers
  • Expectations
  • Large organization
  • Methods
  • Mindset

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