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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | e2315 |
| Journal | Journal of Software: Evolution and Process |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 18 Nov 2020 |
| Publication status | Published - 18 Jan 2021 |
Abstract
Hardly any software development process is used as prescribed by authors or standards. Regardless of company size or industry sector, a majority of project teams and companies use hybrid development methods (short: hybrid methods) that combine different development methods and practices. Even though such hybrid methods are highly individualized, a common understanding of how to systematically construct synergetic practices is missing. In this article, we make a first step towards a statistical construction procedure for hybrid methods. Grounded in 1467 data points from a large-scale practitioner survey, we study the question: What are hybrid methods made of and how can they be systematically constructed? Our findings show that only eight methods and few practices build the core of modern software development. Using an 85% agreement level in the participants' selections, we provide examples illustrating how hybrid methods can be characterized by the practices they are made of. Furthermore, using this characterization, we develop an initial construction procedure, which allows for defining a method frame and enriching it incrementally to devise a hybrid method using ranked sets of practice.
Keywords
- hybrid methods, software development, software process, survey research
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science(all)
- Software
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In: Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, Vol. 33, No. 1, e2315, 18.01.2021.
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T1 - Towards the statistical construction of hybrid development methods
AU - Tell, Paolo
AU - Klünder, Jil
AU - Küpper, Steffen
AU - Raffo, David
AU - MacDonell, Stephen
AU - Münch, Jürgen
AU - Pfahl, Dietmar
AU - Linssen, Oliver
AU - Kuhrmann, Marco
N1 - Funding Information: We thank all the study participants and the researchers involved in the HELENA project for their great effort in collecting data. was supported by the institutional research grant PRG887 of the Estonian Research Council as well as the Estonian IT Center of Excellence (EXCITE) TK148. Dietmar Pfahl
PY - 2021/1/18
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N2 - Hardly any software development process is used as prescribed by authors or standards. Regardless of company size or industry sector, a majority of project teams and companies use hybrid development methods (short: hybrid methods) that combine different development methods and practices. Even though such hybrid methods are highly individualized, a common understanding of how to systematically construct synergetic practices is missing. In this article, we make a first step towards a statistical construction procedure for hybrid methods. Grounded in 1467 data points from a large-scale practitioner survey, we study the question: What are hybrid methods made of and how can they be systematically constructed? Our findings show that only eight methods and few practices build the core of modern software development. Using an 85% agreement level in the participants' selections, we provide examples illustrating how hybrid methods can be characterized by the practices they are made of. Furthermore, using this characterization, we develop an initial construction procedure, which allows for defining a method frame and enriching it incrementally to devise a hybrid method using ranked sets of practice.
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