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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Proceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software and System Processes, ICSSP 2019 |
| Pages | 105-114 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (electronic) | 978-1-7281-3393-5 |
| Publication status | Published - May 2019 |
| Event | 2019 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software and System Processes, ICSSP 2019 - Montreal, Canada Duration: 25 May 2019 → 25 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
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Business, Management and Accounting(all)
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
- Computer Science(all)
- Hardware and Architecture
- Computer Science(all)
- Software
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AU - Tell, Paolo
AU - Klünder, Jil
AU - Küpper, Steffen
AU - Raffo, David
AU - MacDonell, Stephen G.
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. Dietmar Pfahl was supported by the institutional research grant IUT20-55 of the Estonian Research Council as well as the Estonian IT Center of Excellence (EXCITE).
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