Open AccessProgressive Outcomes: is it a handy approach to support agile methods process improvement?
Author(s) -
Rafaela Mantovani Fontana,
Sheila Reinehr,
Andreia Malucelli
Publication year - 2015
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.5753/sbqs.2015.15216
Subject(s) - agile software development , capability maturity model integration , agile usability engineering , agile unified process , process (computing) , process management , perception , computer science , maturity (psychological) , knowledge management , software , software development process , software development , software engineering , engineering , psychology , developmental psychology , neuroscience , programming language , operating system
While software engineering relies on reference models, such as CMMI-DEV, to improve its processes and gain maturity; agile teams that wish to sustain agility demand other guidelines to drive improvements. To address this need, in a previous study we have proposed the Progressive Outcomes Framework as a result of a research about how real agile teams evolve in agility. Although we could describe agile maturing mechanisms, we lacked a perception of how handy out approach would be to guide improvements. The objective of this study was, thus, to identify agile practitioners’ perception about the framework. We performed a survey with agile practitioners in Brazilian conferences and analyzed collected data using descriptive statistics. Results show that agile practitioners feel comfortable in following non- prescriptive guidelines, but they still lack guidance on how to improve in agility.