Improving Adherence to Agile Manifesto Principles in Agile Methodology – A Case Study

Within industry, there are major shifts towards Agile approaches and away from the traditional methods of Waterfall or Structured processes of software development. In this case study we increase an understanding of this shift by comparing different Agile development teams working on COBOL in a large IT organization of a large insurance enterprise. The research study compares two Agile development teams and studies their adherence to the principles in the Agile Manifesto. These Agile development teams were analyzed for the impact of certain widely accepted critical success factors like delivery strategy adopted by the team, project management, extend of client interaction, and team autonomy and diversity. This case study discusses the hypotheses we developed, the research methodology implemented, the analysis of data to support the hypotheses and results obtained from the analysis. The study was conducted using a survey-based methodology consisting of respondents who were members from the organization.The result from this case study allows us to quantify the adherence of Agile development teams to the principles in the Agile Manifesto. The developed hypotheses were supported using these results.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Computer Science and Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

The Ohio State University

Year dc:date

2013

Author dc:creator

• Chandraseharan, Narendhira Ram

Contributors dc:contributor

• Ramanathan, Dr. Jayashree

• Computer Science
• Agile Methodology
• Agile Manifesto
• Scrum
• XP

Statement dc:rights

• unrestricted
• This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1366222792

OAI identifier oai:identifier

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