Value Creation by Agile Projects: Methodology or Mystery?

Zornitza Racheva; Maya Daneva; Klaas Sikkel

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-02152-7_12

Value Creation by Agile Projects: Methodology or Mystery?

Zornitza Racheva, Maya Daneva, Klaas Sikkel

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Abstract

Business value is a key concept in agile software development approaches. This paper presents results of a systematic review of literature on how business value is created by agile projects. We found that with very few exceptions, most published studies take the concept of business value for granted and do not state what it means in general as well as in the specific study context. We could find no study which clearly indicates how exactly individual agile practices or groups of those create value and keep accumulating it over time. The key implication for research is that we have an incentive to pursue the study of value creation in agile project by deploying empirical research methods.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Product-Focused Software Process Improvement
Subtitle of host publication	10th International Conference, PROFES 2009, Oulu, Finland, June 15-17, 2009. Proceedings
Editors	Frank Bomarius, Markku Oivo, Päivi Jaring, Pekka Abrahamsson
Place of Publication	Berlin, Heidelberg
Publisher	Springer
Pages	141-155
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-02151-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02152-7_12
Publication status	Published - 17 Jun 2009
Event	10th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, PROFES 2009 - Oulu, Finland Duration: 15 Jun 2009 → 17 Jun 2009 Conference number: 10

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Publisher	Springer
Volume	32
ISSN (Print)	1865-1348
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-1356

Conference

Conference	10th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, PROFES 2009
Abbreviated title	PROFES
Country/Territory	Finland
City	Oulu
Period	15/06/09 → 17/06/09

Keywords

SCS-Services
Business value
Agile development
Systematic review

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Racheva, Z., Daneva, M., & Sikkel, K. (2009). Value Creation by Agile Projects: Methodology or Mystery? In F. Bomarius, M. Oivo, P. Jaring, & P. Abrahamsson (Eds.), Product-Focused Software Process Improvement: 10th International Conference, PROFES 2009, Oulu, Finland, June 15-17, 2009. Proceedings (pp. 141-155). (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 32). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02152-7_12

Racheva, Zornitza ; Daneva, Maya ; Sikkel, Klaas. / Value Creation by Agile Projects : Methodology or Mystery?. Product-Focused Software Process Improvement: 10th International Conference, PROFES 2009, Oulu, Finland, June 15-17, 2009. Proceedings. editor / Frank Bomarius ; Markku Oivo ; Päivi Jaring ; Pekka Abrahamsson. Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer, 2009. pp. 141-155 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing).

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Racheva, Z, Daneva, M & Sikkel, K 2009, Value Creation by Agile Projects: Methodology or Mystery? in F Bomarius, M Oivo, P Jaring & P Abrahamsson (eds), Product-Focused Software Process Improvement: 10th International Conference, PROFES 2009, Oulu, Finland, June 15-17, 2009. Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 32, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 141-155, 10th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, PROFES 2009, Oulu, Finland, 15/06/09. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02152-7_12

Value Creation by Agile Projects: Methodology or Mystery? / Racheva, Zornitza; Daneva, Maya; Sikkel, Klaas.
Product-Focused Software Process Improvement: 10th International Conference, PROFES 2009, Oulu, Finland, June 15-17, 2009. Proceedings. ed. / Frank Bomarius; Markku Oivo; Päivi Jaring; Pekka Abrahamsson. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2009. p. 141-155 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 32).

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Racheva Z, Daneva M, Sikkel K. Value Creation by Agile Projects: Methodology or Mystery? In Bomarius F, Oivo M, Jaring P, Abrahamsson P, editors, Product-Focused Software Process Improvement: 10th International Conference, PROFES 2009, Oulu, Finland, June 15-17, 2009. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. 2009. p. 141-155. (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-02152-7_12

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