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2008 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Measuring and Comparing the Adoption of Software Process Practices in the Software Product Industry
Authors : Mikko Rönkkö, Antero Järvi, Markus M. Mäkelä
Published in: Making Globally Distributed Software Development a Success Story
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Compatibility of agile methods and CMMI have been of interest for the software engineering community, but empirical evidence beyond case studies is scarce, which be attributed to the lack of validated measurement scales for survey studies. In this study, we construct and validate a set of Rasch scales for measuring process maturity and use of agile methods. Using survey data from 86 small and medium-sized software product firms, we find that the use of agile methods and the maturity level of the firm are complementary in this sample. In addition to providing initial survey evidence of the compatibility of agile methods and process maturity, our study provides a set of validated scales that can be further refined and used in later survey studies.