Exploring enhancements to the agile approach for mid-sized enterprises in the services sector

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dc.contributor.author Fourie, Lyndall
dc.contributor.author De Vries, Marne
dc.date.accessioned 2018-05-08T08:45:32Z
dc.date.available 2018-05-08T08:45:32Z
dc.date.issued 2017-11-22
dc.description Presented at the 28th annual conference of the Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering (SAIIE), held from 25-27 October 2017 in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa en_ZA
dc.description.abstract Companies need to thrive in a dynamic environment, responding to it in an agile way. Within a company’s ICT domain, a key to achieving agility is to use agile software development. Experience, together with a literature review, has shown that the agile software development family of methods does not naturally fit into the context of medium to large enterprises. This article focuses on the challenges associated with agile software development. The main contribution of the article is to affirm that a class-of-problems exists – i.e., that many practitioners face challenges in implementing existing agile software development approaches successfully in medium to large enterprises. We also gather data via multiple interviews to show that the class-of-problems exists in a real-world enterprise that currently applies agile software development in medium-sized governmental bodies. en_ZA
dc.description.abstract Ondernemings moet oorleef in ’n dinamiese omgewing deur pro-aktief op hulle omgewing te reageer. Ratse (‘agile’) sagteware ontwikkeling speel ’n sleutel rol binne die onderneming se inligting tegnologie afdeling om dit te bewerkstellig. Ondervinding, en ’n literatuurstudie, het aangedui dat ratse sagteware ontwikkeling nie natuurlik pas binne die raamwerk van groot en middelslag ondernemings se inligting tegnologie afdelings nie. Die artikel bespreek die uitdagings wat verband hou met ratse sagteware ontwikkeling, en bevestig dat ’n generiese probleem bestaan – naamlik, dat praktisyns probleme ondervind om ratse sagteware beginsel te implimenteer by groot en mediumslag ondernemings. Die studie maak gebruik van onderhoude om te bevestig dat die generiese probleem ook bestaan by werklike medium grote staatsinstellings wat tans ratse sagteware ontwikkeling toepas. en_ZA
dc.description.department Industrial and Systems Engineering en_ZA
dc.description.librarian am2018 en_ZA
dc.description.uri http://sajie.journals.ac.za en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Fourie, L. & De Vries, M. 2017, 'Exploring enhancements to the agile approach for mid-sized enterprises in the services sector', South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 29-39. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 1012-277X (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2224-7890 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.7166/28-3-1837
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64782
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering en_ZA
dc.rights © 2017, South African Institute of Industrial Engineering. All rights reserved. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. en_ZA
dc.subject Companies en_ZA
dc.subject Agile approach en_ZA
dc.subject Software development en_ZA
dc.subject Ondernemings en_ZA
dc.subject Agile benadering en_ZA
dc.subject Sagteware ontwikkeling en_ZA
dc.title Exploring enhancements to the agile approach for mid-sized enterprises in the services sector en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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