Growing into agility: process implementation paths for scrum

  • Authors:

  • Kevin Vlaanderen;Peter van Stijn;Sjaak Brinkkemper;Inge van de Weerd

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands;Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands;Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands;Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • PROFES'12 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Background: Many organizations struggle with the implementation of agile methods. Such methods pose considerable challenges related to organizational demand and process configuration. Goal: In this paper, we analyze the introduction of Scrum in the development organization in order to determine distinct approaches to its implementation. Approach: We compare the Scrum introduction paths of four case companies. Results: This results in a discussion of implementation paths ranging from gradual to disruptive introduction of Scrum. Contribution: The description of these paths provides insight into process improvements. We demonstrate how a structured description of process improvements can improve understanding of process improvement paths.