This article is intended to serve as an introduction to this special issue on agile practices. In
doing so, we briefly survey a number of key issues that are emerging in the application of …

Complexity leadership theory (CLT) is about balancing formal and informal organization to
leverage dynamics of Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) and produce learning, creativity …

In a global environment that continues to challenge organizations' responsiveness, agile
teams have proliferated in diverse sectors of practice and streams of research. However …

An increasing number of companies aim to enable their development teams to work in an
agile manner. When introducing agile teams, companies face several challenges. This …

Effective leadership is one of the key drivers of business and project success, and one of the
most active areas of management research. But how does leadership work in agile software …

This article tested a moderated mediation process to explain the relationship between agile
project management and emotional exhaustion. By transferring traditional stress theories to …

Scrum is considered as one of the solutions to overcome problems encountered in global
software development (GSD). The skills of a Scrum team largely determine the successful …

Drawing on leadership theory, this research verified what makes shared leadership an
effective form of leadership for agile project teams, and whether using it influences the …

Software engineering companies have progressively incorporated agile project
management methodologies. Initially, this migration occurred mostly in the context of …

The correct allocation of human resources is of utmost importance for any kind of enterprise
and organization. Many approaches have been defined so far to support team formation …