What is DevOps? A systematic mapping study on definitions and practices

R Jabbari, N bin Ali, K Petersen… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
Context: DevOps, the combination of Development and Operations, is a new way of thinking
in the software engineering domain that recently received much attention. Given that …

Agile methods tailoring–A systematic literature review

AS Campanelli, FS Parreiras - Journal of Systems and Software, 2015 - Elsevier
Background: The software development industry has been adopting agile methods instead
of traditional software development methods because they are more flexible and can bring …

Continuous software engineering: A roadmap and agenda

B Fitzgerald, KJ Stol - Journal of Systems and Software, 2017 - Elsevier
Throughout its short history, software development has been characterized by harmful
disconnects between important activities such as planning, development and …

Real world scrum a grounded theory of variations in practice

Z Masood, R Hoda, K Blincoe - IEEE Transactions on Software …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Scrum, the most popular agile method and project management framework, is widely
reported to be used, adapted, misused, and abused in practice. However, not much is …

Group development and group maturity when building agile teams: A qualitative and quantitative investigation at eight large companies

L Gren, R Torkar, R Feldt - Journal of Systems and Software, 2017 - Elsevier
The agile approach to projects focuses more on close-knit teams than traditional waterfall
projects, which means that aspects of group maturity become even more important. This …

When agile meets the enterprise

G Van Waardenburg, H Van Vliet - Information and software technology, 2013 - Elsevier
Context While renowned agile methods like XP and Scrum were initially intended for
projects with small teams, traditional enterprise environments, ie environments where plan …

A critical examination of recent industrial surveys on agile method usage

S Stavru - Journal of Systems and Software, 2014 - Elsevier
Context Practitioners and researchers often claim that agile methods have moved into the
mainstream for the last few years. To support this claim they refer to recent industrial surveys …

A survey study on major technical barriers affecting the decision to adopt cloud services

N Phaphoom, X Wang, S Samuel, S Helmer… - Journal of Systems and …, 2015 - Elsevier
In the context of cloud computing, risks associated with underlying technologies, risks
involving service models and outsourcing, and enterprise readiness have been recognized …

How enterprises adopt agile forms of organizational design: A multiple-case study

D Gerster, C Dremel, W Brenner, P Kelker - ACM SIGMIS Database: the …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
The question of how to increase speed and flexibility in times of digital disruption is essential
to almost any company. While previous research mainly addresses agility in the context of …

What do practitioners vary in using scrum?

P Diebold, JP Ostberg, S Wagner, U Zendler - Agile Processes in Software …, 2015 - Springer
Background: Agile software development has become a popular way of developing
software. Scrum is the most frequently used agile framework, but it is often reported to be …