Agile methods continue to gain popularity. In particular, the Scrum method appears to be on the verge of becoming a de-facto standard in the industry, leading the so called Agile movement. While there are success stories and recommendations, there is little scientifically valid evidence of the challenges in the adoption of Agile methods in general, and Scrum in particular. Little, if anything, is empirically known about the application and adoption of Scrum in a multi-team and multi-project situation. The authors carried out an ethnographically informed longitudinal case study in industrial settings and closely followed how the Scrum method was adopted in a 20-person department, working in a simultaneous multi-project R&D environment. Altogether 10 challenges pertinent to the case of multi-team multi-project Scrum adoption were identified in the study. The authors contend that these results carry great relevance for other industrial teams. Future research avenues arising from the study are indicated.
A. Marchenko, P. Abrahamsson· Agile Conference· 59 citations· ⚡11
The current status in Finland is outlined and the avenues that should be taken in order to make the micropayment business more attractive and profitable are outlined.
Päivi Jaring, Tapio Matinmikko, P. Abrahamsson· 5 citations
Some claim that especially in the field of agile software development the research lags years behind of the practice. In this paper, we characterize the status and main challenges for research on agile software development, and propose a preliminary roadmap, focusing on providing more empirical research, primarily on experienced agile teams and organizations, connecting better to existing streams of research in more established fields, giving more attention to management-oriented approaches, and finally give more emphasis to the core ideas in agile software development in order to increase our understanding. We hope that this preliminary roadmap serves as a starting point for creating a common research agenda and enables the generation of fruitful discussions and research results from the field.
Torgeir Dingsøyr, T. Dybå, P. Abrahamsson· Agile Conference· 92 citations· ⚡7
The results show that the embedded industry has been able to apply agile methods in its development processes and that the appreciation of the agile methods and their individual practices appears to increase once adopted and applied in practice.
O. Salo, P. Abrahamsson· IET Software· 238 citations· ⚡9
A comparative case study of five small scale software development projects where the effect of TDD on program design was studied using both traditional and package level metrics reveals that an unwanted side effect can be that some parts of the code may deteriorate.
Maria Siniaalto, P. Abrahamsson· Central and East European Co...· 35 citations· ⚡2
There is a vital need for devising a research agenda for identifying and dealing with architecture-centric challenges in agile software development to make it possible to guide the future research on integrating Architecture-centric methods in agile approaches and give advice to the software industry on dealing with Architecture related challenges.
M. Babar, P. Abrahamsson· International Conference on...· 13 citations
Questions that will be discussed and debated by this panel of leading practitioners and academics are: is Lean harder to adapt and adopt – does Lean require a greater critical mass to make value tangible?
S. Fraser, P. Abrahamsson, R. Davies et al.· International Conference on...· 1 citation
TDD has been found to improve the team confidence in the code quality and simplify significantly the software maintenance and is eager to continue improving the practice application.
A. Marchenko, P. Abrahamsson, T. Ihme· International Conference on...· 30 citations· ⚡1
This workshop discussed the challenges, the research questions and the tradeoffs that need to be addressed for an agile and SPLE integration to enjoy success.
Yaser Ghanam, F. Maurer, P. Abrahamsson et al.· SOEN· 8 citations
Software Product Line Engineering (SPLE) promises to lower the costs of developing individual applications as they heavily reuse existing artifacts and, besides decreasing costs, software reuse achieves faster development and higher quality.
Yaser Ghanam, K. Cooper, P. Abrahamsson et al.· International Conference on...· 1 citation
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