Impact of Agile Methodology Use on Project Success in South African Banking Sector

Abstract

AbstractAgile methodology has become the most used software development methodology in different software communities. Besides the extensive benefits that agile methods offer, it also posseses several critical issues. Most studies have reported that, when comparing structured methodologies with agile methodologies, agile improves software quality, whereas other studies have contradicted and questioned the claimed benefits. In contrast, others argued that it does not have enough empirical evidence. This study aims at investigating the impact that agile method implementation on project success in the South African banking sector. The survey was conducted through questionnaires. The theoretical model for analyzing the impacts of agile method implementation on project success was proposed. Reliability was tested using Cronbach’s alpha. The data were quantitatively analyzed by using correlation and regression approaches that use statistical package for social sciences. The results indicated that agile methodology implementation positively influences the project success. Furthermore, this study has indicated that reduced upfront planning, iterative delivery, environmental feedback and technical feedback as individual agile method use components positively impact project success in the South African banking sector.KeywordsAgile methodologiesAgile impactAgile benefitsProject qualityProject successProject performance