Favorability conditions in the adoption of agile method practices for software development in a public banking

Luís Kalb Roses,Eliana Almeida Do Carmo,Arno Windmöller

doi:10.4301/s1807-17752016000300005

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to propose and test a model to assess the degree of conditions favorability in the adoption of agile methods to develop software where traditional methods predominate. In order to achieve this aim, a survey was applied on software developers of a Brazilian public retail bank. Two different statistical techniques were used in order to assess the quantitative data from the closed questions in the survey. The first, exploratory factorial analysis validated the structure of perspectives related to the agile model of the proposed assessment. The second, frequency distribution analysis to categorize the answers. Qualitative data from the survey opened question were analyzed with the technique of qualitative thematic content analysis. As a result, the paper proposes a model to assess the degree of favorability conditions in the adoption of Agile practices within the context of the proposed study.

Highlights

Nowadays, organizations rely heavily on Information Technology (IT), which in a broad sense involves a series of software supported by computational resources for storage, access, processing and use of information
The following question is interesting for this research: How can we assess favorability in the adoption of agile method practices for software development in organizations, where primarily traditional method practices are used? To answer this question, the objective of the study is to propose and test a model to assess the degree of conditions favorability in the adoption of agile methods to develop software where traditional methods predominate
Standardization allows for comparability and repeatability, which strengthens the use of traditional methodologies (Boehm & Turner, 2004, p. 12)

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Introduction

Organizations rely heavily on Information Technology (IT), which in a broad sense involves a series of software supported by computational resources for storage, access, processing and use of information. The business processes of organizations use software, some of which developed internally by themselves, considering their characteristics and needs The development of software requires the use of adequate methods with the best practices in software engineering. The use of these methods can be the solution or poison in the organizations, as they can bring competitive advantages, but the incorrect use can mean significant business losses The use of these methods can be the solution or poison in the organizations, as they can bring competitive advantages, but the incorrect use can mean significant business losses (Sanders & Curran, 1994, pp. 34-35)

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