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Using Agile Practices to Build Trust in an Agile Team: A Case Study

Authors : Orla McHugh, Kieran Conboy, Michael Lang

Published in: Information Systems Development

Publisher: Springer New York

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Trust is an important aspect of any software development team, but particularly with self-managing teams as team members are very dependent on one another. Agile teams are considered to be self-managing and they employ many different to function as an agile team. While there have been many studies of trust in software development teams few have examined trust in an agile context with even less focus on how specific may contribute to trust. The purpose of this study is to examine how three agile practices—the , and —may support and facilitate trust in an agile team. An exploratory case study of one agile team was conducted. The findings indicate that while factors such as environmental conditions and personal characteristics of team members must be considered, can also contribute to building trust among team members. They may also highlight the existence of a lack of trust.

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Title: Using Agile Practices to Build Trust in an Agile Team: A Case Study
Authors: Orla McHugh
Kieran Conboy
Michael Lang
Publisher: Springer New York
Book: Information Systems Development
Print ISBN: 978-1-4419-9645-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4419-9790-6

Copyright Year: 2011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9790-6_40

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