Getting agile methods to work for Cordys global software product development

Jos van Hillegersberg; Gerwin Ligtenberg; Mehmet N. Aydin

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-24815-3_8

Getting agile methods to work for Cordys global software product development

Jos van Hillegersberg, Gerwin Ligtenberg, Mehmet N. Aydin

Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences

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Abstract

Getting agile methods to work in global software development is a potentially rewarding but challenging task. Agile methods are relatively young and still maturing. The application to globally distributed projects is in its early stages. Various guidelines on how to apply and sometimes adapt agile methods have been proposed. However, systematic literature reviews reveal that detailed evaluative studies are scarce and limited to small and medium sized projects. This study presents a framework that integrates best practices of adapting and applying agile methods reported in the literature. The framework is applied to analyze the experiences of global software product development company Cordys in a seven year longitudinal case study. Both the framework and the experiences of Cordys documented in this paper will be of value to other larger projects that aim to be successful in applying agile in globally distributed projects.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	New Studies in Global IT and Business Service Outsourcing
Subtitle of host publication	5th Global Scourcing Workshop 2011, Courchevel, France, March 14-17, 2011, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	J. Kotlarsky, L.P. Willcocks, I. Oshri
Place of Publication	Berlin, Heidelberg
Publisher	Springer
Pages	133-152
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-642-24815-3
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-24814-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24815-3_8
Publication status	Published - 14 Mar 2011
Event	5th Global Sourcing Workshop 2011: New Studies in Global IT and Business Service Outsourcing - Courchevel, France Duration: 14 Mar 2011 → 17 Mar 2011 Conference number: 5

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Publisher	Springer
Volume	91
ISSN (Print)	1865-1348
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-1356

Conference

Conference	5th Global Sourcing Workshop 2011
Country/Territory	France
City	Courchevel
Period	14/03/11 → 17/03/11

Keywords

Offshoring
XP
Scrum
Globally distributed software engineering
Global teams
Global software development
Agile methods

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van Hillegersberg, J., Ligtenberg, G., & Aydin, M. N. (2011). Getting agile methods to work for Cordys global software product development. In J. Kotlarsky, L. P. Willcocks, & I. Oshri (Eds.), New Studies in Global IT and Business Service Outsourcing: 5th Global Scourcing Workshop 2011, Courchevel, France, March 14-17, 2011, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 133-152). (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 91). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24815-3_8

van Hillegersberg, Jos ; Ligtenberg, Gerwin ; Aydin, Mehmet N. / Getting agile methods to work for Cordys global software product development. New Studies in Global IT and Business Service Outsourcing: 5th Global Scourcing Workshop 2011, Courchevel, France, March 14-17, 2011, Revised Selected Papers. editor / J. Kotlarsky ; L.P. Willcocks ; I. Oshri. Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer, 2011. pp. 133-152 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing).

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van Hillegersberg, J, Ligtenberg, G & Aydin, MN 2011, Getting agile methods to work for Cordys global software product development. in J Kotlarsky, LP Willcocks & I Oshri (eds), New Studies in Global IT and Business Service Outsourcing: 5th Global Scourcing Workshop 2011, Courchevel, France, March 14-17, 2011, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 91, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 133-152, 5th Global Sourcing Workshop 2011, Courchevel, France, 14/03/11. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24815-3_8

Getting agile methods to work for Cordys global software product development. / van Hillegersberg, Jos; Ligtenberg, Gerwin; Aydin, Mehmet N.
New Studies in Global IT and Business Service Outsourcing: 5th Global Scourcing Workshop 2011, Courchevel, France, March 14-17, 2011, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / J. Kotlarsky; L.P. Willcocks; I. Oshri. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2011. p. 133-152 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 91).

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van Hillegersberg J, Ligtenberg G, Aydin MN. Getting agile methods to work for Cordys global software product development. In Kotlarsky J, Willcocks LP, Oshri I, editors, New Studies in Global IT and Business Service Outsourcing: 5th Global Scourcing Workshop 2011, Courchevel, France, March 14-17, 2011, Revised Selected Papers. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. 2011. p. 133-152. (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-24815-3_8

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