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Systematic Piloting of Agile Methods in the Large: Two Cases in Embedded Systems Development

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Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES 2010)

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Deploying agile methods in a large, diverse, geographically distributed setting is a challenging task. In this paper, we propose that systematic piloting is to be used in order to build experience and to overcome the most common challenges of agile deployment, such as resistance to change. We approach this by developing a method for piloting agile. This method is developed based on multiple-case study in a large embedded systems company. Based on two cases, we describe a method that transcends the encountered challenges and can help meld an agile method with a plan-driven organization.

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    Jeanette Heidenberg, Mari Matinlassi & Jari Partanen

  2. Turku Centre for Computer Science, Åbo Akademi University, Finland

    Jeanette Heidenberg & Piia Hirkman

  3. VTT Technical Research Centre of, Finland

    Minna Pikkarainen

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  1. Software Development Group, IT University of Copenhagen, Rued Langgaards Vej 7, 2300, Copenhagen, Denmark

    M. Ali Babar

  2. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Kaitoväylä 1, 90570, Oulu, Finland

    Matias Vierimaa

  3. Department of Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 3000, 90014, Oulu, Finland

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Heidenberg, J., Matinlassi, M., Pikkarainen, M., Hirkman, P., Partanen, J. (2010). Systematic Piloting of Agile Methods in the Large: Two Cases in Embedded Systems Development. In: Ali Babar, M., Vierimaa, M., Oivo, M. (eds) Product-Focused Software Process Improvement. PROFES 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6156. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13792-1_6

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