Nowadays a lot of different software development methodologies (SDMs) are available, but little academic supports exists which aids practitioners in deciding which methodology suits their project best. In this paper a framework is proposed with a different view on how to approach situational methodology suitability for the domain of agile methods. This is done by carefully constructing a defini...

The trend of increased Agile usage, including within the federal government, is undeniable and ongoing. The private sector has been at the forefront of Agile adoption. Here, competency with Agile has been adopted in a progressive manner, starting with technical teams and flowing down to the business side and eventually the entire organization. For the most part, the federal sector has followed ...

The growing popularity of Agile methods motivates our interest in its value foundations, publicized in information technology (IT) community discourse. IT community discourses provide key functions of interpretation, legitimization and mobilization. Conceptualized as organizing visions, these community discourses provide knowledge about how an IT innovation, such as Agile, should be applied in ...

In a fast changing business environment, companies that can innovate better and faster, and respond quickly to customer’s requirements, will win. One of the most important industries of knowledge-based economy, by all means, is the software industry. In order to achieve business success and to innovate in the market, almost every large organization relies on software. The emergence of Web 2.0 a...

While there are separate streams of established research on lean production, agile organization, and sustainable supply chain, the idea is to address the intersection of these three strategic initiatives in order to find synergies and competitive advantage for companies. The goal of the mission is to explore the link between supply chain and sustainable development with the insights of two main...

The goal of this chapter is to explore potential IT support for collaborative networked organizations encompassing both the service and network orientations of e-business environments. First, it is argued that the main reason for collaboration among organizations is the need for a competitive advantage, leading to the concept of Collaborative Networked Organization (CNO) proposed as an appropri...

Lean and Agile Project Management: For Large Programs and Projects p. 37 When Agile Is Not Enough p. 44 Refactoring the Organization p. 48 A Journey to Systemic Improvement (Abstract) p. 52 Complexity vs. Lean, the Big Showdown (Abstract) p. 53 Lean Product Development and Innovation Lean Product Development and Innovation Track Summary p. 55 A Tentative Framework for Lean Software Enterprise R...

Our ability to improve decision making in software development hinges on understanding how decisions are made, and which approaches to decision making are better than others. However, as of yet there are few studies examining how software developers make decisions in software design, especially studies that place agile approaches in the context of decision making. In this paper, we present resu...

Nowadays, populations are concentrated in large cities exceeding millions of peoples; the need for massive infrastructure constructions and services becomes the priority for governments and local municipality institutions. However, the realization of such projects still problematic and conventional techniques quickly become inadequate. Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) recommendation...