Uncovering Situations of Cargo Cult Behavior in Agile Software Development Method Use

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dc.contributor.authorHavstorm, Tanja Elina
dc.contributor.authorKarlsson, Fredrik
dc.contributor.authorHedström, Karin
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-27T19:22:20Z
dc.date.available2022-12-27T19:22:20Z
dc.date.issued2023-01-03
dc.description.abstractMisinterpretations and faulty use of Software Development Method (SDM) practices and principles are identified pitfalls in Software Development (SD). Previous research indicates cases with method adoption and use failures; one reason could be the SDM Cargo Cult (CC) behavior, where SD organizations claim to be agile but not doing agile. Previous research has suggested the SDM CC framework as an analytical tool. The aim of this paper is to refine the SDM CC framework and empirically test this version of the framework. We use data from an ethnographical study on three SD teams’ Daily Scrum Meetings (DSM). The empirical material was collected through observations, interviews, and the organization’s business documents. We uncovered twelve CC situations in the SD teams’ use of the DSM practice, structured into seven categories of SDM deviations: bringing irrelevant information, canceling meetings, disturbing the team, receiving unclear information, bringing new requirements, problem-solving, and task distribution.
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dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2023.785
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-6-4
dc.identifier.other03debb45-0e92-4a59-a16d-194d131400f8
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10125/103419
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 56th 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.subjectagile
dc.subjectcargo cult
dc.subjectself-determination theory
dc.subjectsocial-action theory
dc.subjectsoftware development methods
dc.titleUncovering Situations of Cargo Cult Behavior in Agile Software Development Method Use
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