Why and how is Scrum being adapted in practice: A systematic review

M Hron, N Obwegeser - Journal of Systems and Software, 2022 - Elsevier
Scrum, recognized today as the most popular agile development methodology, has been
used in a wide range of settings and for varying purposes, in-and outside of the traditional …

Kanban in software engineering: A systematic mapping study

MO Ahmad, D Dennehy, K Conboy, M Oivo - Journal of Systems and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Following a well-established track record of success in other domains such as
manufacturing, Kanban is increasingly used to achieve continuous development and …

Relationships between a project management methodology and project success in different project governance contexts

R Joslin, R Müller - International journal of project management, 2015 - Elsevier
This study looks at the relationship between the use of a project management methodology
(PMM) and project success, and the impact of project governance context on this …

Agility from first principles: Reconstructing the concept of agility in information systems development

K Conboy - Information systems research, 2009 - pubsonline.informs.org
Awareness and use of agile methods has grown rapidly among the information systems
development (ISD) community in recent years. Like most previous methods, the …

A perspective‐based understanding of project success

L McLeod, B Doolin… - Project Management …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Answering the call for alternative approaches to researching project management, we
explore the evaluation of project success from a subjectivist perspective. An in‐depth …

Factors that affect software systems development project outcomes: A survey of research

L McLeod, SG MacDonell - ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 2011 - dl.acm.org
Determining the factors that have an influence on software systems development and
deployment project outcomes has been the focus of extensive and ongoing research for …

Toward a conceptual framework of agile methods: a study of agility in different disciplines

K Conboy, B Fitzgerald - Proceedings of the 2004 ACM workshop on …, 2004 - dl.acm.org
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 …

Situational method engineering

B Henderson-Sellers, J Ralyté, PJ Ågerfalk, M Rossi - 2014 - Springer
Most people we know don't read a book's Preface. So, we'll keep it brief. Why read this
book? Why did we write it? The answer to both these questions is straightforward. We, the …

Portfolios of agile projects: A complex adaptive systems' agent perspective

R Sweetman, K Conboy - Project Management Journal, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
While agile approaches can be extremely effective at a project level, they can impose
significant complexity and a need for adaptiveness at the project portfolio level. While this …

Lean internal startups for software product innovation in large companies: enablers and inhibitors

H Edison, NM Smørsgård, X Wang… - Journal of Systems and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Context: Startups are disrupting traditional markets and replacing well-established actors
with their innovative products. To compete in this age of disruption, large and established …