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Moving from Waterfall to Agile: Perspectives from IT Portuguese Companies

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  • Fernando Almeida

    (Polytechnic Institute of Gaya, V.N. Gaia, Portugal)

  • Jorge Simões

    (Polytechnic Institute of Gaya, V.N. Gaia, Portugal)

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This study investigates the main motivations, difficulties and good practices in the migration process of software development models from Waterfall to Agile experienced by IT Portuguese companies. For that, we adopted a quantitative methodology based on multiple case studies that allowed us to explore five research questions. In a first step, we propose to identify the main reasons that motivate the companies to adopt Agile development processes and we intend to characterize this migration process. We also explore a set of good practices that can be followed in this migration process and we suggest a set of measures that can be used to assess the success of projects in an Agile environment. Finally, we explore the organizational and management impacts with the introduction of Agile processes.

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  • Fernando Almeida & Jorge Simões, 2019. "Moving from Waterfall to Agile: Perspectives from IT Portuguese Companies," International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology (IJSSMET), IGI Global, vol. 10(1), pages 30-43, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jssmet:v:10:y:2019:i:1:p:30-43
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    1. Alok Mishra & Yehia Ibrahim Alzoubi, 2023. "Structured software development versus agile software development: a comparative analysis," International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, Springer;The Society for Reliability, Engineering Quality and Operations Management (SREQOM),India, and Division of Operation and Maintenance, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden, vol. 14(4), pages 1504-1522, August.

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