Janina Elyse A. Reyes
ABSTRACT
Company C has incurred 31 percent of delayed projects for more than three months due to the method of applying the Agile practices. The study assesses which among the Agile practices should Company C improve on to meet its project timeliness. Company C was evaluated against other IT companies, namely Company A, B and D based on how in-depth the Agile practices were applied in the company using one-way ANOVA to test the difference of means of the companies on each Agile practice. The Agile practices that Company C excels and needs improvement were obtained. A binary logistic bootstrap regression is performed to determine which Agile practices positively affect in improving the project timeliness of Company C. Based on the identified best implementation of the Agile Scrum practice in Company C from one-way ANOVA, and the positive and negative coefficients in regression, the practices that should be maintained and improved were obtained for the formulation of the Agile framework of Company C. To improve project completion rate, Company C should improve on the following practices: increasing frequency of evaluating backlog items at least every other sprint, limiting stand-up meeting to 15 minutes, creating separate implementation task, conducting sprint planning with key persons, consistent iteration length, more frequent iteration demos, performance of unit testing, understanding architectural design and implemented by the team, performing pair-programming on key portions, collaborating more frequently of team members and using of formal written document as supplement for informal communication should be implemented.
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Index Terms
- Agile Scrum Adoption of the Application Development Projects of Company C
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