How pre-start up assessment helps software companies in Agile transition

While prevalence of Agile methodologies is increasing these years, companies should be aware of challenges that may they face during changing their development approach. Agile methods focus on people and this makes transition process more difficult than people expect. Companies should be ready for...

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Main Authors: Gandomani, Taghi Javdani, Zulzalil, Hazura, Javanmardi, Ali, Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim, Md Sultan, Abu Bakar, Nafchi, Mina Ziaei
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Published: Publications International 2013
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30691/
http://sci-int.com/pdf/23636661515--1125-30--Taghi%20Janidani--Revised-Agile.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.306912015-10-27T02:41:08Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30691/ How pre-start up assessment helps software companies in Agile transition Gandomani, Taghi Javdani Zulzalil, Hazura Javanmardi, Ali Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim Md Sultan, Abu Bakar Nafchi, Mina Ziaei While prevalence of Agile methodologies is increasing these years, companies should be aware of challenges that may they face during changing their development approach. Agile methods focus on people and this makes transition process more difficult than people expect. Companies should be ready for Agile transition, and performing a pre-start up assessment may help them to be best prepared for the change. Conducting a Grounded Theory study involving 33 Agile experts from 13 different countries showed that pre-start up assessment can help companies in various aspects including defining business goals, addressing training needs, team set up, pilot project selection and method or practice selection. In pre-start up assessment organization and team members should be evaluated to discover their abilities, requirements and restrictions. This process helps companies to get ready for moving to Agile. Publications International 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30691/1/How%20pre.pdf Gandomani, Taghi Javdani and Zulzalil, Hazura and Javanmardi, Ali and Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim and Md Sultan, Abu Bakar and Nafchi, Mina Ziaei (2013) How pre-start up assessment helps software companies in Agile transition. Science International, 25 (4). pp. 1125-1130. ISSN 1013-5316 http://sci-int.com/pdf/23636661515--1125-30--Taghi%20Janidani--Revised-Agile.pdf
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description While prevalence of Agile methodologies is increasing these years, companies should be aware of challenges that may they face during changing their development approach. Agile methods focus on people and this makes transition process more difficult than people expect. Companies should be ready for Agile transition, and performing a pre-start up assessment may help them to be best prepared for the change. Conducting a Grounded Theory study involving 33 Agile experts from 13 different countries showed that pre-start up assessment can help companies in various aspects including defining business goals, addressing training needs, team set up, pilot project selection and method or practice selection. In pre-start up assessment organization and team members should be evaluated to discover their abilities, requirements and restrictions. This process helps companies to get ready for moving to Agile.
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author Gandomani, Taghi Javdani
Zulzalil, Hazura
Javanmardi, Ali
Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim
Md Sultan, Abu Bakar
Nafchi, Mina Ziaei
spellingShingle Gandomani, Taghi Javdani
Zulzalil, Hazura
Javanmardi, Ali
Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim
Md Sultan, Abu Bakar
Nafchi, Mina Ziaei
How pre-start up assessment helps software companies in Agile transition
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title How pre-start up assessment helps software companies in Agile transition
title_short How pre-start up assessment helps software companies in Agile transition
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title_fullStr How pre-start up assessment helps software companies in Agile transition
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