TY - GEN
T1 - Barriers to learning in agile software development projects
AU - S. Babb, Jeffry
AU - Hoda, Rashina
AU - Nørbjerg, Jacob
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The adoption of agile methods promises many advantages for individual, team, and organizational learning. However, environmental, structural, and organizational/cultural constraints often find teams adapting agile software development methods rather than engaging in full adoption. We present results from two qualitative studies of teams and organizations that have, in many cases, adapted agile software methods to suit their needs through the omission or alteration of aspects of the method. In many cases, aspects of an agile method that are most related to learning were those that were modified or omitted. This paper utilizes the results of these studies to identify common and emergent barriers to learning. Often these barriers to learning exist according to organizational culture and the extent to which that culture influences attitudes, norms, and behaviors pertaining to learning. We present these barriers to learning and provide insight to the causes, effects, and potential ameliorations for these barriers.
AB - The adoption of agile methods promises many advantages for individual, team, and organizational learning. However, environmental, structural, and organizational/cultural constraints often find teams adapting agile software development methods rather than engaging in full adoption. We present results from two qualitative studies of teams and organizations that have, in many cases, adapted agile software methods to suit their needs through the omission or alteration of aspects of the method. In many cases, aspects of an agile method that are most related to learning were those that were modified or omitted. This paper utilizes the results of these studies to identify common and emergent barriers to learning. Often these barriers to learning exist according to organizational culture and the extent to which that culture influences attitudes, norms, and behaviors pertaining to learning. We present these barriers to learning and provide insight to the causes, effects, and potential ameliorations for these barriers.
KW - Agile software development
KW - Dialogical Action Research
KW - Grounded Theory
KW - Learning
KW - Organizational culture
KW - Scrum
KW - XP
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84903132629&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-38314-4_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-38314-4_1
M3 - Conference Paper
AN - SCOPUS:84903132629
SN - 9783642383137
T3 - Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
SP - 1
EP - 15
BT - Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming - 14th International Conference, XP 2013, Proceedings
A2 - Baumeister, Hubert
A2 - Weber, Barbara
PB - Springer
T2 - 14th International Conference on Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming, XP 2013
Y2 - 3 June 2013 through 7 June 2013
ER -