Agile Software Development Practices and Success in Outsourced Projects: The Moderating Role of Requirements Risk

Krancher, Oliver (8 June 2020). Agile Software Development Practices and Success in Outsourced Projects: The Moderating Role of Requirements Risk. In: Stray, Viktoria; Hoda, Rashina; Paasivaara, Maria; Kruchten, Philippe (eds.) International Conference on Agile Software Development. Lecture Notes in Business Information processing: Vol. 383 (pp. 56-72). Springer, Cham 10.1007/978-3-030-49392-9_4

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Although agile practices are gaining in popularity, there is little evidence showing how particular agile practices, in particular those involving the client, affect the success of outsourced software projects. Data from a matched survey of sponsors and developers in 60 outsourced information systems projects indicate negative effects of continuous analysis and positive effects of joint decision making and continuous integration on project success. Moreover, interaction analyses show that some positive effects are enhanced and negative effects dampened when requirements risk is high. These findings caution against continuous analysis in outsourced projects while they support joint decision making and continuous integration. The findings also empirically substantiate the largely untested assertion that agile practices help cope with changing requirements.

Item Type:

Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)

Division/Institute:

03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Business Management > Institute of Information Systems > Information Engineering
03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Business Management > Institute of Information Systems

UniBE Contributor:

Krancher, Oliver Jürgen

Subjects:

000 Computer science, knowledge & systems
600 Technology > 650 Management & public relations
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 330 Economics

ISSN:

1865-1356

ISBN:

978-3-030-49392-9

Series:

Lecture Notes in Business Information processing

Publisher:

Springer, Cham

Language:

English

Submitter:

Luca Giacomelli

Date Deposited:

29 Sep 2020 10:46

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:33

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/978-3-030-49392-9_4

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.146739

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/146739

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