Agile Scrum Applied in Agricultural Processes Mesaros, Diana; Rusu, T.; Mesaros, I.
The scientific bulletin of Electrical Engineering Faculty,
07/2022, Volume:
22, Issue:
1
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
Open access
This paper presents a case study of interdisciplinary subjects, more precisely the AGILE SCRUM specific to software development applied in agricultural processes to increase the productivity, ...maximize the profit and to emphasize the benefits of AGILE methodology which is suitable in every field of industry. Starting with theoretical aspects about Agile project management approach and philosophy, including values and principles, continuing with SCRUM framework, is emphasized the applicability of the method in various fields of industry, including agriculture.
Autism is a spectrum disorder that affects communication and social interaction. It has increased in recent decades, especially among children, and has had a significant impact on their lives, ...necessitating attention and appropriate support. A prototype mobile application was developed using the Scrum methodology, which allows for flexibility, adaptability, incremental delivery, and quality, as well as continuous improvement. The result obtained was a prototype with a design and features that facilitate patient and specialist access to healthcare areas. The quality of the prototype was evaluated by experts, who assessed its efficiency, usability, design, and functionality and obtained an average score of 4.61. This indicates that, according to the established quality range, it is high. In conclusion, the prototype enhances the therapeutic process for children with autism. It is efficient, easy to use, and has good functionality and an attractive design. This provides a solution that facilitates patients’ access to health services for their well-being.
Co-design, defined as collective creativity across the entire design process, can lead to the development of interventions that are more engaging, satisfying, and useful to potential users. However, ...using this methodology within the research arena requires a shift from traditional practice. Co-design of eHealth interventions with children and young people has additional challenges. This review summarizes the applied core principles of co-design and recommends techniques for undertaking co-design with children and young people. Three examples of co-design during the development of eHealth interventions (Starship Rescue, a computer game for treating anxiety in children with long-term physical conditions, a self-monitoring app for use during treatment of depression in young people, and HABITS, the development of an emotional health and substance use app, and eHealth platform for young people) are provided to illustrate the value and challenges of this contemporary process.
Using agile methodologies for adopting COBIT Amorim, Ana Cláudia; Mira da Silva, Miguel; Pereira, Rúben ...
Information systems (Oxford),
November 2021, 2021-11-00, 20211101, Volume:
101
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
COBIT 5 is a widely-used framework for implementing sound governance of enterprise IT (GEIT). Currently, the ISACA’s official implementation solution follows a sequentially ordered process, raising ...several issues related with lack of commitment from top management and misaligned solutions. Nevertheless, new project life-cycle strategies have emerged along with the agile paradigm for project management, providing flexible and adaptable environments for projects where the solution is complex and not clear, delivering the product incrementally with feedback loops. This research aims to eliminate some known challenges of COBIT 5 adoptions by providing a Scrum based methodology to address these programmes. Design Science Research Methodology was used to guide this work, where two iterations on the solution development, demonstration and evaluation activities were performed. With two different iterations to the same solution and two distinct demonstrations, it was possible to identify several relevant findings. Overall, the results demonstrated that an agile methodology is not sufficient to reduce the resistance to changes, however, it increased the commitment from senior managers on the adoption of new practices and allowed to detect scope misalignment earlier in the development of solutions.
•The methodology increased the commitment from senior management.•The methodology enabled an early detection of scope misalignments.•An agile methodology was not sufficient to decrease the resistance to change.
This paper presents a rationale for establishing collaboration between corporate IT projects and those conducting empirical research on teamwork. A review of teamwork research reveals gaps in many ...teamwork models: the influence of context of performance, the mechanisms of team development over time, and data generated by practitioners in naturalistic settings. The paper describes the Scrum framework for executing projects in IT departments in terms of input artifacts, output artifacts, team processes, and the role of organizational context. Given the lack of quantitative project outputs, the method describes how Thematic Analysis and qualitative research are needed to convert project outputs to insights on team processes. This method of conducting research on team performance aligns closely with the Macroergonomics framework for research and its attention to team, task, context, and study with practitioners in naturalistic settings.
The cultural component of the project team is recognized as one of the most critical factors in the implementation of agile project management (APM), especially in nonsoftware industries, where the ...diffusion of APM still involves several challenges. Particularly, the successful implementation of scrum-the most diffused APM methodology-seems related to the project teams' subculture, which may differ from the overall organizational culture of the company. This article contributes to the APM literature in nonsoftware contexts by studying the cultural values that develop inside agile teams and the scrum principles and practices that are particularly relevant for fostering these values. Using interview data collected from seven manufacturing and service organizations, we use the competing value framework as the theoretical model to understand the cultural profiles of their organizations, how they deploy into the project teams' subculture, and what, if any, connections exist with the adoption of scrum principles and practices. We find that clan and market values are the dominant subcultures in agile teams. These cultural values are fostered at a strategic level by a subset of scrum values (i.e., courage, openness, and respect) and pillars (i.e., transparency and adaptation). At an operational level, retrospective meetings and the definition of particular artifacts also contribute to develop these dominant cultural values.
Context: Agile software development has nowadays reached wide adoption. However, moving agile to large‐scale contexts is a complex task with many challenges involved. Objective: In this paper, we ...review practices, challenges, and success factors for scaling agile both from literature and within a large software company, identifying the most critical factors. Method: We conduct a focused literature review to map the importance of scaling practices, challenges, and success factors. The outcome of this focused literature review is used to guide action research within a software company with a view to scaling agile processes. Results: Company culture, prior agile and lean experience, management support, and value unification were found to be key success factors during the action research process. Resistance to change, an overly aggressive roll‐out time frame, quality assurance concerns, and integration into preexisting nonagile business processes were found to be the critical challenges in the scaling process. Conclusion: The action research process allowed to cross‐fertilize ideas from literature to the company's context. Scaling agile within an organization does not need to follow a specific scheme, rather the process can be tailored to the needs while keeping the core values and principles of agile methodologies.
We investigate practices, challenges, and success factors for scaling agile software development. We follow a 2‐step process: a literature review used as input for an action research process within a company scaling‐up the development process. Culture within the company and prior agile and lean experience, management support, unification of views, and values were key success factors, while resistance to change, too quick roll‐out, quality assurance issues, and integration with previous non‐agile parts of the organization were critical challenges
This paper discusses the Agile methodologies and the use of its water-scrum-fall derivative for software project development. This approach seems to be a good alternative to the current development ...methods.
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