Systematic literature reviews in agile software development: A tertiary study

Context: A number of systematic literature reviews and mapping studies (SLRs) covering numerous pri- mary research studies on various aspects of agile software development (ASD) exist. Objective: The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the SLRs on ASD research topics for software enginee...

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Main Authors: Hoda, Rashina, Salleh, Norsaremah, Grundy, John, Hui, Mien Tee
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spelling my.iium.irep.573682017-09-11T09:12:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/57368/ Systematic literature reviews in agile software development: A tertiary study Hoda, Rashina Salleh, Norsaremah Grundy, John Hui, Mien Tee Q Science (General) Context: A number of systematic literature reviews and mapping studies (SLRs) covering numerous pri- mary research studies on various aspects of agile software development (ASD) exist. Objective: The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the SLRs on ASD research topics for software engineering researchers and practitioners. Method: We followed the tertiary study guidelines by Kitchenham et al. to find SLRs published between late 1990s to December 2015. Results: We found 28 SLRs focusing on ten different ASD research areas: adoption, methods, practices, human and social aspects, CMMI, usability, global software engineering (GSE), organizational agility, em- bedded systems, and software product line engineering. The number of SLRs on ASD topics, similar to those on software engineering (SE) topics in general, is on the rise. A majority of the SLRs applied stan- dardized guidelines and the quality of these SLRs on ASD topics was found to be slightly higher for journal publications than for conferences. While some individuals and institutions seem to lead this area, the spread of authors and institutions is wide. With respect to prior review recommendations, significant progress was noticed in the area of connecting agile to established domains such as usability, CMMI, and GSE; and considerable progress was observed in focusing on management-oriented approaches as Scrum and sustaining ASD in different contexts such as embedded systems. Conclusion: SLRs of ASD studies are on the rise and cover a variety of ASD aspects, ranging from early adoption issues to newer applications of ASD such as in product line engineering. ASD research can ben- efit from further primary and secondary studies on evaluating benefits and challenges of ASD methods, agile hybrids in large-scale setups, sustainability, motivation, teamwork, and project management; as well as a fresh review of empirical studies in ASD to cover the period post 2008. Elsevier 2017-05 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57368/1/Systematic%20literature%20reviews%20in%20agile%20software%20development.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57368/2/57368-Systematic%20literature%20reviews%20in%20agile%20software%20development_SCOPUS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57368/13/57368_Systematic%20literature%20reviews%20in%20agile%20software%20development_WoS.pdf Hoda, Rashina and Salleh, Norsaremah and Grundy, John and Hui, Mien Tee (2017) Systematic literature reviews in agile software development: A tertiary study. Information and Software Technology, 85. pp. 1339-1351. ISSN 0950-5849 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950584917300538 10.1016/j.infsof.2017.01.007
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Systematic literature reviews in agile software development: A tertiary study
description Context: A number of systematic literature reviews and mapping studies (SLRs) covering numerous pri- mary research studies on various aspects of agile software development (ASD) exist. Objective: The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the SLRs on ASD research topics for software engineering researchers and practitioners. Method: We followed the tertiary study guidelines by Kitchenham et al. to find SLRs published between late 1990s to December 2015. Results: We found 28 SLRs focusing on ten different ASD research areas: adoption, methods, practices, human and social aspects, CMMI, usability, global software engineering (GSE), organizational agility, em- bedded systems, and software product line engineering. The number of SLRs on ASD topics, similar to those on software engineering (SE) topics in general, is on the rise. A majority of the SLRs applied stan- dardized guidelines and the quality of these SLRs on ASD topics was found to be slightly higher for journal publications than for conferences. While some individuals and institutions seem to lead this area, the spread of authors and institutions is wide. With respect to prior review recommendations, significant progress was noticed in the area of connecting agile to established domains such as usability, CMMI, and GSE; and considerable progress was observed in focusing on management-oriented approaches as Scrum and sustaining ASD in different contexts such as embedded systems. Conclusion: SLRs of ASD studies are on the rise and cover a variety of ASD aspects, ranging from early adoption issues to newer applications of ASD such as in product line engineering. ASD research can ben- efit from further primary and secondary studies on evaluating benefits and challenges of ASD methods, agile hybrids in large-scale setups, sustainability, motivation, teamwork, and project management; as well as a fresh review of empirical studies in ASD to cover the period post 2008.
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title Systematic literature reviews in agile software development: A tertiary study
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