Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

A Study on the Perception of Researchers About the Application of Agile Software Development Methods in Research

  • Conference paper
  • First Online:
Agile Methods (WBMA 2017)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 802))

Included in the following conference series:

Abstract

Papers on Agile Software Development methods are often focused on their applicability in commercial projects or organizations. There are no current studies that we know about addressing the application of these methods in research projects. The objective of this work is to describe the perception of researchers on the application of agile software development practices and principles for research projects. A study was conducted by constructing and applying a questionnaire to Brazilian researchers of different affiliations, formation and research areas in order to obtain information about their knowledge and openness to follow agile software development principles and practices.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Aitken, A., Ilango, V.: A comparative analysis of traditional software engineering and agile software development. In: Proceedings of the 2013 46th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2013, pp. 4751–4760. IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, USA (2013). ISBN: 978-0-7695-4892-0, https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2013.31

  2. Boehm, B., Turner, R.: Management challenges to implementing agile processes in traditional development organizations. IEEE Softw. 22(5), 30–39 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1109/MS.2005.129. ISSN: 0740–7459

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Conforto, E.C., Salum, F., Amaral, D.C., da Silva, S.L., de Almeida, L.F.M., Project Management Institute: Can agile project management be adopted by industries other than software development? Project Manage. J. 45(3), 21–34 (2014). From Academia: Summaries of new research for the reflective practitioner

    Google Scholar 

  4. Turk, D., France, R., Rumpe, B.: Assumptions underlying agile software development processes (2014). arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.6610

  5. Laanti, M., Salo, O., Abrahamsson, P.: Agile methods rapidly replacing traditional methods at Nokia: A survey of opinions on agile transformation. Inf. Softw. Technol. 53(3), 276–290 (2011)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Rodríguez, P., Markkula, J., Oivo, M., Turula, K.: Survey on agile and lean usage in finnish software industry. In: Proceedings of the ACM-IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, ESEM 2012, pp. 139–148. ACM, New York (2012). ISBN 978-1-4503-1056-7, https://doi.org/10.1145/2372251.2372275

  7. Diel, E., Bergmann, M., Marczak, S., Luciano, E.: On the understanding of agile methods and their practice in Brazil. In: Workshop Brasileiro de Métodos Ageis, Florianópolis, Brazil (2014)

    Google Scholar 

  8. Beck, K., Beedle, M., van Bennekum, A., Cockburn, A., Cunningham, W., Fowler, M., Grenning, J., Highsmith, J., Hunt, A., Jeffries, R., Kern, J., Marick, B., Martin, R.C., Mallor, S., Shwaber, K., Sutherland, J.: The agile manifesto. Technical report, The Agile Alliance (2001)

    Google Scholar 

  9. Poppendieck, M.: Lean software development. In: Companion to the Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE COMPANION 2007, pp. 165–166. IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, USA (2007). ISBN 0-7695-2892-9, https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSECOMPANION.2007.46

  10. VersionOne: State of Agile Development (2010). http://stateofagile.versionone.com/

  11. Cohn, M.: Agile Estimating and Planning. Prentice Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River (2005)

    Google Scholar 

  12. Beck, K., Cunningham, W.: A laboratory for teaching object oriented thinking. SIGPLAN Not. 24(10), 1–6 (1989). ISSN 0362–1340, https://doi.org/10.1145/74878.74879

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Federal University of Technology - Paraná, Av. Sete de Setembro, 3165 - Rebouças CEP, Curitiba, 80230-901, Brazil

    Nelson Marcelo Romero Aquino, Adolfo Gustavo Serra Seca Neto & Heitor Silvério Lopes

Authors
  1. Nelson Marcelo Romero Aquino
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Adolfo Gustavo Serra Seca Neto
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Heitor Silvério Lopes
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Nelson Marcelo Romero Aquino .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Federal University of Pará, Tucurui, Brazil

    Viviane Almeida dos Santos

  2. Federal University of Pará, Belém, Brazil

    Gustavo Henrique Lima Pinto

  3. Federal University of Technology, Paraná, Brazil

    Adolfo Gustavo Serra Seca Neto

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG

About this paper

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this paper

Aquino, N.M.R., Neto, A.G.S.S., Lopes, H.S. (2018). A Study on the Perception of Researchers About the Application of Agile Software Development Methods in Research. In: Santos, V., Pinto, G., Serra Seca Neto, A. (eds) Agile Methods. WBMA 2017. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 802. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73673-0_11

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73673-0_11

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-319-73672-3

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-319-73673-0

  • eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation