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Towards agile and beyond: an empirical account on the challenges involved when advancing software development practices

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Helena Holmström Olsson,

Jan BoschAuthors Info & Claims

Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming

May 2014

Pages 327 - 335

Published: 26 May 2014 Publication History

Abstract

During the last decade, the vast majority of software companies have adopted agile development practices. Now companies are looking to move beyond agile and further advance their practices. In this paper, we report on the experiences of a company in the embedded systems domain that is adopting agile practices with the intention to move beyond agile and towards continuous deployment of software. Based on case study research involving group interviews and a web-based survey, we identify challenges in relation to (1) the adoption of agile practices, (2) testing practices, (3) continuous deployment, and (4) customer validation.

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Cited By

Klünder JHohl PSchneider KKuhrmann MO'Connor RHouston D(2018)Becoming Agile while preserving software product linesProceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Software and System Process10.1145/3202710.3203146(1-10)Online publication date: 26-May-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3202710.3203146
Karvonen TBehutiye WOivo MKuvaja P(2017)Systematic literature review on the impacts of agile release engineering practicesInformation and Software Technology10.1016/j.infsof.2017.01.00986:C(87-100)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.infsof.2017.01.009

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Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming

May 2014

335 pages

ISBN:9783642206771

Editors:
Giovanni Cantone
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Department of Computer Science, Systems and Production, Rome, Italy
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Michele Marchesi
University of Cagliari, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Cagliari, Italy

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Klünder JHohl PSchneider KKuhrmann MO'Connor RHouston D(2018)Becoming Agile while preserving software product linesProceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Software and System Process10.1145/3202710.3203146(1-10)Online publication date: 26-May-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3202710.3203146
Karvonen TBehutiye WOivo MKuvaja P(2017)Systematic literature review on the impacts of agile release engineering practicesInformation and Software Technology10.1016/j.infsof.2017.01.00986:C(87-100)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.infsof.2017.01.009

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