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Did It Actually Go This Well? A Large-Scale Case Study on an Agile Tranformation

Marta Olszewska, Jeanette Heidenberg, Max Weijola, Mikkonen Kirsi, Ivan Porres, Did It Actually Go This Well? A Large-Scale Case Study on an Agile Tranformation. TUCS Technical Reports 1108, TUCS Turku Centre for Computer Science, 2014.

Abstract:

Agile software development continues to grow in popularity and is begin adopted by more and more organizations. However, there is a need for em- pirical evidence on the impact, benefits and drawbacks of an agile transfor- mation in an organization since the cost for such a transformation in terms of money and disrupted working routines can get high. Such evidence exists in the form of success stores and case studies, but most of the existing research in this area is qualitative in nature. In this article we provide a quantita- tive metrics model containing eight rigorously described metrics and their application with a case study evaluating an agile and lean transformation in a large telecommunications organization. Our findings show significant im- provement in six of the eight metrics whereas one metric showed deteriorated results.

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@TECHREPORT{tOlHeWeMiPo14a,
  title = {Did It Actually Go This Well? A Large-Scale Case Study on an Agile Tranformation},
  author = {Olszewska, Marta and Heidenberg, Jeanette and Weijola, Max and Mikkonen Kirsi and Porres, Ivan},
  number = {1108},
  series = {TUCS Technical Reports},
  publisher = {TUCS Turku Centre for Computer Science},
  year = {2014},
}

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