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The Perceived Impact of the Agile Development and Project Management Method Scrum on Team Leadership in Information Systems Development

verfasst von : Karlheinz Kautz, Thomas Heide Johansen, Andreas Uldahl

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Abstract

This research contributes to the body of knowledge in information systems development (ISD) with an empirical investigation in the form of a case study that demonstrates the positive impact of the agile development and project management method Scrum on team leadership in information systems and software development projects. It also provides a useful operationalization of the concept through six identified indicators for team leadership. Despite the fact that the case unit had challenges with the use of Scrum, the indicators identified the areas where the company had managed to exploit the potential of Scrum and its practices with regard to increasing team leadership. The research results are discussed with regard to the existing Scrum literature and briefly related to complex adaptive systems (CAS) as a foundation for ISD and agile development.

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Fußnoten
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As stated earlier we identified one additional indicator, which we termed ‘providing technical direction’ through the pilot study.
 
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It had also a positive impact on productivity which is however beyond the scope of this paper (see [15]).
 
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Metadaten
Titel
The Perceived Impact of the Agile Development and Project Management Method Scrum on Team Leadership in Information Systems Development
verfasst von
Karlheinz Kautz
Thomas Heide Johansen
Andreas Uldahl
Copyright-Jahr
2016
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30133-4_12