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International Conference on Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination

SPICE 2014: Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination pp 177–189Cite as

Systematic Literature Review on the Characteristics of Agile Project Management in the Context of Maturity Models

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Popularity of Agile Methods is growing up and along with this popularity is also growing the interest in adopting these methods in conjunction with maturity models, like CMMI. Dozens of reports about this topic can be found with different results. Therefore, a Systematic Literature Review was conducted with the goal of identifying characteristics of agile project management in organizations using agile methods and maturity models. We accepted 34 primary studies published from 2001 to 2013. The results show that the area still lacks details on how to perform the software development activities, what techniques can be used to meet issues not directly addressed by agile methods without losing the desired agility and what tools can be used to facilitate the combination of approaches.

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    Larissa Fernandes Chagas, Daniel Dias de Carvalho, Adailton Magalhães Lima & Carla Alessandra Lima Reis

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Chagas, L.F., de Carvalho, D.D., Lima, A.M., Reis, C.A.L. (2014). Systematic Literature Review on the Characteristics of Agile Project Management in the Context of Maturity Models. In: Mitasiunas, A., Rout, T., O’Connor, R.V., Dorling, A. (eds) Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination. SPICE 2014. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 477. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13036-1_16

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