{"title":"Understanding Decision-Making in Agile Software Development: A Case-study","authors":"N. B. Moe, A. Aurum","doi":"10.1109/SEAA.2008.55","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A challenge with introducing agile software development is changing the way decisions are made. In this paper, we discuss the decision making processes used in Scrum teams. We found that a prerequisite for introducing Scrum is the alignment of decisions on a strategic, tactical and operational level. In addition, specialisation can be a barrier for the decision-making process on the operational level, and that daily meetings are important for preventing decision-hijacking. Also removing the hold-up problem makes it easier for developers to participate in the decision-making process.","PeriodicalId":127633,"journal":{"name":"2008 34th Euromicro Conference Software Engineering and Advanced Applications","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2008-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"28","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2008 34th Euromicro Conference Software Engineering and Advanced Applications","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SEAA.2008.55","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A challenge with introducing agile software development is changing the way decisions are made. In this paper, we discuss the decision making processes used in Scrum teams. We found that a prerequisite for introducing Scrum is the alignment of decisions on a strategic, tactical and operational level. In addition, specialisation can be a barrier for the decision-making process on the operational level, and that daily meetings are important for preventing decision-hijacking. Also removing the hold-up problem makes it easier for developers to participate in the decision-making process.