Team Autonomy in Large-Scale Agile

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dc.contributor.authorMoe, Nils Brede
dc.contributor.authorDahl, Bjørn
dc.contributor.authorStray, Viktoria
dc.contributor.authorKarlsen, Lina Sund
dc.contributor.authorSchjødt-Osmo, Stine
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-03T00:55:31Z
dc.date.available2019-01-03T00:55:31Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-08
dc.description.abstractLarge-scale software development is increasingly making use of agile practices. In large-scale projects, a team needs to align with other teams and the rest of the organization. This has been shown to threaten team autonomy, which, in turn, reduces responsiveness and flexibility. Hence, agile teams face challenges in adapting to larger-scale development. We conduct a multiple case study of three large-scale projects to investigate barriers to team autonomy in large-scale agile. Two barriers are identified: overall direction and external dependencies. We found that goals are often set by management without involving the teams, that they are often equal to deliverables and deadlines, and that team members often do not know what the goals are. Consequently, teams struggle with setting and communicating goals as well as establishing a shared direction. Organizational dependencies lead to teams having to deal with additional tasks, resulting in specific members shielding the teams from external noise
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2019.839
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-2-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/60136
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectAgile and Lean: Organizations, Products and Development
dc.subjectSoftware Technology
dc.subjectCase Study
dc.subjectLarge-Scale Agile
dc.subjectTeam Autonomy
dc.subjectTeam Authority
dc.subjectSelf-managing teams
dc.titleTeam Autonomy in Large-Scale Agile
dc.typeConference Paper
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