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Software Project Management Approaches Used in the Context of Agile Development: A Systematic Literature Mapping

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Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering (ENASE 2022)

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Abstract

Project management is of significant importance to the success of software development, as experts remind us. However, projects have a high degree of uncertainty and are complex in nature. This suggests that specific approaches are needed to manage these threats. Using the right approach can be critical to the success of a project. Knowing the importance of project management and how the approaches can be fundamental to help managers, this work sought to identify in the literature the project management approaches that are used in agile software development. To achieve the objective, a systematic literature mapping study was carried out, which made it possible to identify eight distinct categories of approaches that are used in agile software project management. In addition, it was possible to identify that the approaches are most commonly applied to manage the schedule, quality and communication of projects.

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The authors would like to thank the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) in Brazil for the financial support for the granting of a scholarship for a master’s degree.

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da Costa Carvalho, E., Ronaldo Bezerra Oliveira, S. (2023). Software Project Management Approaches Used in the Context of Agile Development: A Systematic Literature Mapping. In: Kaindl, H., Mannion, M., Maciaszek, L.A. (eds) Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering. ENASE 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1829. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36597-3_4

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