Empirical studies of agile software development: A systematic review Export

@article{citeulike:3504163, abstract = {Agile software development represents a major departure from traditional, plan-based approaches to software engineering. A systematic review of empirical studies of agile software development up to and including 2005 was conducted. The search strategy identified 1996 studies, of which 36 were identified as empirical studies. The studies were grouped into four themes: introduction and adoption, human and social factors, perceptions on agile methods, and comparative studies. The review investigates what is currently known about the benefits and limitations of, and the strength of evidence for, agile methods. Implications for research and practice are presented. The main implication for research is a need for more and better empirical studies of agile software development within a common research agenda. For the industrial readership, the review provides a map of findings, according to topic, that can be compared for relevance to their own settings and situations.}, address = {Newton, MA, USA}, author = {DYBA,, T and DINGSOYR,, T}, citeulike-article-id = {3504163}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1379905.1379989}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2008.01.006}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0950584908000256}, doi = {10.1016/j.infsof.2008.01.006}, issn = {09505849}, journal = {Information and Software Technology}, keywords = {agile}, month = {August}, number = {9-10}, pages = {833--859}, posted-at = {2009-10-05 06:29:19}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Butterworth-Heinemann}, title = {Empirical studies of agile software development: A systematic review}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2008.01.006}, volume = {50}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3504163 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3504163 N2 - Agile software development represents a major departure from traditional, plan-based approaches to software engineering. A systematic review of empirical studies of agile software development up to and including 2005 was conducted. The search strategy identified 1996 studies, of which 36 were identified as empirical studies. The studies were grouped into four themes: introduction and adoption, human and social factors, perceptions on agile methods, and comparative studies. The review investigates what is currently known about the benefits and limitations of, and the strength of evidence for, agile methods. Implications for research and practice are presented. The main implication for research is a need for more and better empirical studies of agile software development within a common research agenda. For the industrial readership, the review provides a map of findings, according to topic, that can be compared for relevance to their own settings and situations. IS - 9-10 JF - Information and Software Technology SN - 09505849 AD - Newton, MA, USA EP - 859 TI - Empirical studies of agile software development: A systematic review PB - Butterworth-Heinemann VL - 50 SP - 833 KW - agile AU - DYBA,, T AU - DINGSOYR,, T PY - 2008/08// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2008.01.006 ER -