In the age of the smart machine: the future of work and power
In the age of the smart machine: the future of work and power
Global software teams: collaborating across borders and time zones
Global software teams: collaborating across borders and time zones
A set of principles for conducting and evaluating interpretive field studies in information systems
MIS Quarterly - Special issue on intensive research in information systems
European Journal of Information Systems
Enterprise agility and the enabling role of information technology
European Journal of Information Systems - Including a special section on business agility and diffusion of information technology
Change factors requiring agility and implications for IT
European Journal of Information Systems - Including a special section on business agility and diffusion of information technology
Customising agile methods to software practices at Intel Shannon
European Journal of Information Systems - Including a special section on business agility and diffusion of information technology
Can distributed software development be agile?
Communications of the ACM
Aligning IT components to achieve agility in globally distributed system development
Communications of the ACM
Globally distributed software development and pair programming
Communications of the ACM
The qualitative interview in IS research: Examining the craft
Information and Organization
Understanding Business Process Change Failure: An Actor-Network Perspective
Journal of Management Information Systems
Information Systems Research
Control of Flexible Software Development Under Uncertainty
Information Systems Research
The nature of theory in information systems
MIS Quarterly
Information Systems Research
Control of Flexible Software Development Under Uncertainty
Information Systems Research
Information Systems Research
The relationship between organizational culture and the deployment of agile methods
Information and Software Technology
Towards an understanding of tailoring scrum in global software development: a multi-case study
Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Software and Systems Process
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Coordination in co-located agile software development projects
Journal of Systems and Software
Understanding web enjoyment experiences and informal learning: A study in a museum context
Decision Support Systems
Agile distributed software development: enacting control through media and context
Information Systems Journal
Offshore Vendors' Software Development Team Configurations: An Exploratory Study
Journal of Global Information Management
Agile requirements prioritization in large-scale outsourced system projects: An empirical study
Journal of Systems and Software
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Agility is increasingly being seen as an essential element underlying the effectiveness of globally distributed information systems development (ISD) teams today. However, for a variety of reasons, such teams are often unable develop and enact agility in dealing with changing situations. This paper seeks to provide a deeper understanding of agility through an intensive study of the distributed ISD experience in TECHCOM, an organization widely recognized for its excellence in IT development and use. The study reveals that agility should be viewed as a multifaceted concept having three dimensions: resource, process, and linkage. Resource agility is based on the distributed development team's access to necessary human and technological resources. Process agility pertains to the agility that originates in the team's systems development method guiding the project, its environmental scanning, and sense-making routines to anticipate possible crises, and its work practices enabling collaboration across time zones. Linkage agility arises from the nature of interactional relationships within the distributed team and with relevant project stakeholders, and is composed of cultural and communicative elements. The paper highlights some of the difficulties in developing agility in distributed ISD settings, provides actionable tactics, and suggests contingencies wherein different facets of agility may become more (or less) critical.