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Agile software development – Do we really calculate the costs? A multivocal literature review

Fogarty, Aidan, Edgeworth, Aaron, Smith, Oishin, Dowling, Michael, Yilmaz, Murat orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-2446-3224, MacMahon, Silvana Togneri orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-0179-2436 and Clarke, Paul orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-4487-627X (2020) Agile software development – Do we really calculate the costs? A multivocal literature review. In: 27th European and Asian Conference on Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement (EuroSPI 2020), 9-11 Sept 2020, Dusseldorf, Germany. ISBN 978-3-030-56440-7

Abstract
Agile software development methods, in their various different forms, have become the basis for most software projects in today’s world. The methodology is present in almost all organisations today. However, despite the popularity, failure rates in software projects remain high. This paper identifies why agile methodologies have become so successful. In addition, the paper discusses certain factors that may often be overlooked in organisations that have adopted agile methods, such as rework, maintainability, adoption, turnover rates and the potential costs associated with each. The research carried out was a multivocal literature review (MLR). Multiple white and grey literature which was deemed to be relevant was selected. 32 contributions from white literature were selected for use in the review as well as 8 from grey literature sources. We find that while agile has many advantages, organisations may overlook the potential downsides of using an agile methodology. If not managed or implemented correctly, organisations risk taking on more hidden and expensive costs, for example in relation to rework. It is important that organisations are sufficiently trained in agile methods in order to succeed.
Metadata
Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Type:Conference
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Agile Software Development; Rework; Agile Costs; Agile Success
Subjects:Computer Science > Software engineering
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Computing
Research Initiatives and Centres > Lero: The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre
Published in: Proceedings of the 27th European and Asian Conference on Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement (EuroSPI 2020). Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) 1251. Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-56440-7
Publisher:Springer
Official URL:https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56441-4_15
Copyright Information:© 2020 Springer
Funders:Science Foundation Ireland grant 13/RC/2094, European Regional Development Fund through the Southern & Eastern Regional Operational Programme to Lero - the Irish Software Research Centre
ID Code:27732
Deposited On:12 Sep 2022 15:39 by Thomas Murtagh . Last Modified 12 Sep 2022 15:39
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