Toward a conceptual framework of Agile methods

Kieran Conboy, Brian Fitzgerald

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Abstract

Since the software crisis of the 1960's, numerous methodologies have been developed to impose a disciplined process upon software development. It is now widely accepted that these methodologies are unsuccessful and unpopular due to their increasingly bureaucratic nature. Many researchers and practitioners are calling for these heavyweight methodologies to be replaced by agile methods. The Agile Manifesto was put forward in 2001, and several method instantiations, such as XP, SCRUM and Crystal exist. Each adheres to some principles of the Agile Manifesto and disregards others. This paper conducts a review of the literature on agility across many disciplines, in order to reach an all-encompassing notion of what agility is. This paper aims to develop a comprehensive framework of software development agility, through a thorough review of agility across many disciplines. We then elaborate and evaluate the framework in a software development context, through a review of software related research over the last 30 years.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
EditorsCarmen Zannier, Hakan Erdogmus, Lowell Lindstrom
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages105-116
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)354022839X, 9783540228394
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume3134
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

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