Perspectives on the Sustainability and Future Trajectory of Agile

Aysegul Gelmis; Necmettin Ozkan; Ali J. Ahmad; Mehmet Guray Guler

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-15559-8_32

Perspectives on the Sustainability and Future Trajectory of Agile

Aysegul Gelmis, Necmettin Ozkan^*, Ali J. Ahmad, Mehmet Guray Guler

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Abstract

Agile has gained speed and penetrated into many and varying organizations today. In tune, the term Agile has become representing a widely appreciated mind-set, principles, practices and methods, for varying domains. Despite these benefits of agility, the Agile consultants may evangelize it with commercial concerns resulting in “selling agility” to organizations as an object in the form of packaged practices, which may lead to end of Agile. Also, there are views about/on the Agile Manifesto as it is a product of the past and mainly developer centric. Those concerns have led us to investigate whether Agile is sustainable enough to live for a long time, what the future of Agile look like in the coming years or whether there is any point in the Agile Manifesto to be altered. To find out answers to these questions, fourteen interviews from nine companies in three major industries in Turkey including TechFin (Technology-Finance), Aviation, and Telecommunication were included to collect data. It seems that Agile will be lasting for a long time as it provides many benefits to the organizations. On the way, it may evolve into many different versions shaped around customized needs and contexts of the organizations. Organizations will probably focus more on people related factors, integrating and balancing Agile with other best practices, being-changed communication needs after the pandemic, seeking solutions for the outside of the “initial Agile” zone and Agile mindset. Commonly, the participants expect to see a change in the software focus on the Agile Manifesto, as well as an addition of value perspective on it.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement - 29th European Conference, EuroSPI 2022, Proceedings
Editors	Murat Yilmaz, Paul Clarke, Richard Messnarz, Bruno Wöran
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	443-458
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Print)	9783031155581
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15559-8_32
Publication status	Published - 2022
Externally published	Yes
Event	29th European Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement, EuroSPI 2022 - Salzburg, Austria Duration: 31 Aug 2022 → 2 Sept 2022

Publication series

Name	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Volume	1646 CCIS
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-0937

Conference

Conference	29th European Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement, EuroSPI 2022
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Salzburg
Period	31/08/22 → 2/09/22

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Keywords

Agile software development
Agility
ASD
Kanban
Prospective
Scrum
Sustain

UN SDGs

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Gelmis, A., Ozkan, N., Ahmad, A. J., & Guler, M. G. (2022). Perspectives on the Sustainability and Future Trajectory of Agile. In M. Yilmaz, P. Clarke, R. Messnarz, & B. Wöran (Eds.), Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement - 29th European Conference, EuroSPI 2022, Proceedings (pp. 443-458). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1646 CCIS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15559-8_32

Gelmis, Aysegul ; Ozkan, Necmettin ; Ahmad, Ali J. et al. / Perspectives on the Sustainability and Future Trajectory of Agile. Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement - 29th European Conference, EuroSPI 2022, Proceedings. editor / Murat Yilmaz ; Paul Clarke ; Richard Messnarz ; Bruno Wöran. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022. pp. 443-458 (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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Gelmis, A, Ozkan, N, Ahmad, AJ & Guler, MG 2022, Perspectives on the Sustainability and Future Trajectory of Agile. in M Yilmaz, P Clarke, R Messnarz & B Wöran (eds), Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement - 29th European Conference, EuroSPI 2022, Proceedings. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 1646 CCIS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 443-458, 29th European Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement, EuroSPI 2022, Salzburg, Austria, 31/08/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15559-8_32

Perspectives on the Sustainability and Future Trajectory of Agile. / Gelmis, Aysegul; Ozkan, Necmettin; Ahmad, Ali J. et al.
Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement - 29th European Conference, EuroSPI 2022, Proceedings. ed. / Murat Yilmaz; Paul Clarke; Richard Messnarz; Bruno Wöran. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022. p. 443-458 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1646 CCIS).

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Gelmis A, Ozkan N, Ahmad AJ, Guler MG. Perspectives on the Sustainability and Future Trajectory of Agile. In Yilmaz M, Clarke P, Messnarz R, Wöran B, editors, Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement - 29th European Conference, EuroSPI 2022, Proceedings. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2022. p. 443-458. (Communications in Computer and Information Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-15559-8_32

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