Unifying the fragmented models of information systems implementation
Critical issues in information systems research
Extreme programming explained: embrace change
Extreme programming explained: embrace change
ACM SIGMIS Database - Special issue on adoption, diffusion, and infusion of IT
Agile Software Development with Scrum
Agile Software Development with Scrum
Preliminary guidelines for empirical research in software engineering
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
The Nature and Determinants of IT Acceptance, Routinization, and Infusion
Proceedings of the IFIP TC8 Working Conference on Diffusion, Transfer and Implementation of Information Technology
Systems Without Method: The Impact of New Technologies on Information Systems Development Projects
Proceedings of the IFIP WG8.2 Working Conference on The Impact of Computer Supported Technologies in Information Systems Development
Introducing XP into Greenfield Projects: Lessons Learned
IEEE Software
Assessing XP at a European Internet Company
IEEE Software
An Ethnographic Study of XP Practice
Empirical Software Engineering
Deploying Common Systems Globally: The Dynamics of Control
Information Systems Research
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
Information Systems Research
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
Information Systems Journal
Sustained agile usage: a systematic literature review
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering
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Agile method use in information systems development (ISD) has grown dramatically in recent years. The emergence of these alternative approaches was very much industry-led at the outset, and while agile method research is growing, the vast majority of these studies are descriptive and often lack a strong theoretical and conceptual base. Insights from innovation adoption research can provide a new perspective on analysing agile method use. This paper is based on an exploratory study of the application of the innovation assimilation stages to understand the use of agile practices, focusing in particular on the later stages of assimilation, namely acceptance, routinisation and infusion. Four case studies were conducted, and based on the case study findings, the concepts of acceptance, routinisation and infusion were adapted and applied to agile software development. These adapted concepts were used to glean interesting insights into agile practice use. For example, it was shown that the period of use of agile practices does not have a proportional effect on their assimilation depths. We also reflected on the sequential assumption underlying the assimilation stages, showing that adopting teams do not always move through the assimilation stages in a linear manner. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.