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Agile Software Development in Practice

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Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming (XP 2014)

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Agile software development methods have been around since the mid 1990s. Over these years, teams have evolved the specific software development practices used. Aims: The goal of this paper is to provide a view of the agile practices used by new teams, and the relationship between the practices used, project outcomes, and the agile principles. Method: This paper provides a summary and analysis of 2,229 Comparative AgilityTM (CA) assessment surveys completed between March 2011 and October 2012 by agile developers who knew about the survey.  The CA tool assesses a team’s agility and project outcomes using a 65-statement Likert survey. Results: The agile principle of respect for individuals occurs the most frequently, while simplicity occurs least. Progress/Planning is correlated strongly to nine principles. Conclusion: Subject to sampling issues, successful teams report more positive results for agile practices with the most important practice being teams knowing their velocity.

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  1. Computer Science, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky, 41011, USA

    Maureen Doyle

  2. Computer Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27695, USA

    Laurie Williams

  3. Mountain Goat Software, Lafayette, Colorado, 80026, USA

    Mike Cohn

  4. Innolution, Niwot, Colorado, 80544, USA

    Kenneth S. Rubin

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Systems and Production, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy

    Giovanni Cantone

  2. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

    Michele Marchesi

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Doyle, M., Williams, L., Cohn, M., Rubin, K.S. (2014). Agile Software Development in Practice. In: Cantone, G., Marchesi, M. (eds) Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming. XP 2014. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 179. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06862-6_3

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