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Combining maturity with agility: lessons learnt from a case study

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Nguyen Ngoc Tuan,

Huynh Quyet ThangAuthors Info & Claims

SoICT '13: Proceedings of the 4th Symposium on Information and Communication Technology

Pages 267 - 274

https://doi.org/10.1145/2542050.2542072

Published: 05 December 2013 Publication History

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Although both high maturity and agility appeared as different ways to address and overcome issues related to software development (including maximizing resources and minimizing risks), there has been a mixed understanding about the possibility for their co-existence within an organization. Outside of the dogmatic debate regarding their co-existence, however, voices have been raised recently that recognize that both approaches have their merits. This paper presents the results of a case study on the practices that a purely agile organization has put in place in order to profit from the opportunities that higher maturity can offer in respect to value creation for clients. Our conclusion is that both high maturity and agility contribute to customer satisfaction, high quality and waste reduction; and that complying with standards does not necessarily impose restriction on 'being agile'. Implication for practice is that companies and their clients can benefit from a development approach that embraces both maturity and agility. To achieve this goal, guidelines are needed that direct organizations towards adopting practices that are linked to higher maturity, as well as to agility.

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Combining maturity with agility: lessons learnt from a case study
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Project and people management
      2. Software management
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software development process management
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. Software configuration management and version control systems

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SoICT '13: Proceedings of the 4th Symposium on Information and Communication Technology

December 2013

345 pages

ISBN:9781450324540

DOI:10.1145/2542050

General Chairs:
Thang Huynh Quyet
HUST, Vietnam
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Binh Nguyen Thanh
DUT, Vietnam
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BME, Hungary
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Marc Bui
EPHE, France
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Son Ngo Hong
HUST, Vietnam

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