A decade of agile methodologies: Towards explaining agile software development

  • Authors:

  • Torgeir Dingsøyr;Sridhar Nerur;VenuGopal Balijepally;Nils Brede Moe

  • Affiliations:

  • SINTEF, NO-7465 Trondheim, Norway and Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Computer and Information Science, Sem Sælandsvei 7-9, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway;Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA;Department of Accounting, Finance & MIS, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX 77446-0519, USA;SINTEF, NO-7465 Trondheim, Norway

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Systems and Software
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Ever since the agile manifesto was created in 2001, the research community has devoted a great deal of attention to agile software development. This article examines publications and citations to illustrate how the research on agile has progressed in the 10 years following the articulation of the manifesto. Specifically, we delineate the conceptual structure underlying agile scholarship by performing an analysis of authors who have made notable contributions to the field. Further, we summarize prior research and introduce contributions in this special issue on agile software development. We conclude by discussing directions for future research and urging agile researchers to embrace a theory-based approach in their scholarship.