What are hybrid development methods made of? An evidence-based characterization

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Authors

  • Paolo Tell
  • Jil Klünder
  • Steffen Küpper
  • David Raffo
  • Stephen G. MacDonell
  • Jürgen Münch
  • Dietmar Pfahl
  • Oliver Linssen
  • Marco Kuhrmann

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External Research Organisations

  • IT University of Copenhagen
  • Clausthal University of Technology
  • Portland State University
  • Auckland University of Technology
  • Reutlingen University
  • University of Tartu
  • FOM Hochschule für Oekonomie & Management gemeinnützige GmbH Essen
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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software and System Processes, ICSSP 2019
Pages105-114
Number of pages10
ISBN (electronic)978-1-7281-3393-5
Publication statusPublished - May 2019
Event2019 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software and System Processes, ICSSP 2019 - Montreal, Canada
Duration: 25 May 201925 May 2019

Abstract

Among the multitude of software development processes available, hardly any is used by the book. Regardless of company size or industry sector, a majority of project teams and companies use customized processes that combine different development methods - so-called hybrid development methods. Even though such hybrid development methods are highly individualized, a common understanding of how to systematically construct synergetic practices is missing. In this paper, we make a first step towards devising such guidelines. Grounded in 1,467 data points from a large-scale online survey among practitioners, we study the current state of practice in process use to answer the question: What are hybrid development methods made of? Our findings reveal that only eight methods and few practices build the core of modern software development. This small set allows for statistically constructing hybrid development methods. Using an 85% agreement level in the participants' selections, we provide two examples illustrating how hybrid development methods are characterized by the practices they are made of. Our evidence-based analysis approach lays the foundation for devising hybrid development methods.

Keywords

    Hybrid methods, Software development, Software process, Survey research

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What are hybrid development methods made of? An evidence-based characterization. / Tell, Paolo; Klünder, Jil; Küpper, Steffen et al.
Proceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software and System Processes, ICSSP 2019. 2019. p. 105-114 8812870.

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Tell, P, Klünder, J, Küpper, S, Raffo, D, MacDonell, SG, Münch, J, Pfahl, D, Linssen, O & Kuhrmann, M 2019, What are hybrid development methods made of? An evidence-based characterization. in Proceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software and System Processes, ICSSP 2019., 8812870, pp. 105-114, 2019 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software and System Processes, ICSSP 2019, Montreal, Canada, 25 May 2019. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2101.08016, https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSSP.2019.00022
Tell, P., Klünder, J., Küpper, S., Raffo, D., MacDonell, S. G., Münch, J., Pfahl, D., Linssen, O., & Kuhrmann, M. (2019). What are hybrid development methods made of? An evidence-based characterization. In Proceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software and System Processes, ICSSP 2019 (pp. 105-114). Article 8812870 https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2101.08016, https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSSP.2019.00022
Tell P, Klünder J, Küpper S, Raffo D, MacDonell SG, Münch J et al. What are hybrid development methods made of? An evidence-based characterization. In Proceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software and System Processes, ICSSP 2019. 2019. p. 105-114. 8812870 doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2101.08016, 10.1109/ICSSP.2019.00022
Tell, Paolo ; Klünder, Jil ; Küpper, Steffen et al. / What are hybrid development methods made of? An evidence-based characterization. Proceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software and System Processes, ICSSP 2019. 2019. pp. 105-114
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