Measuring Agility - A Quantitative Survey among IT Professionals
Student thesis: Master Thesis and HD Thesis
- Rasmus Mortensen
- Thomas Boje-Nielsen
- Taregh Jasemian
4. term, Software, Master (Master Programme)
Several studies indicate an increase in the
use of agile methods and practices in the
software industry and that these methods
and practices bring value to development
projects. However, the few quantitative
studies which examine the extent to which
Agile Software Development is actually
used, often rely on practitioners use and
knowledge of specific agile practices and
methods. Without distinguishing true use
from hype-related use, such studies can be
questioned. This report describes how the
Agile Manifesto and its principles are operationalized
into an instrument for measuring
agility by assessing attitude and
how the instrument is used in a quantitative
survey among IT professionals. The
project is based on an iterative survey research
model and embody the design, execution
and analysis of a questionnaire in
order to answer four research questions.
These concern the agility of IT professionals,
teams, organizations and customers,
and a software projects suitability for Agile
Software Development.
The project concludes that a large part of
Information Technology (IT) professionals
and their teams are agile-minded and that
most software projects are suited for Agile
Software Development. Organisations
and customers on the other hand are not
perceived as equally agile.
Language | English |
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Publication date | Jun 2007 |