Abstract
Much has been written about adopting agile software development within a large organisation. A key aspect of this significant organisational change is to ensure that a common understanding of the new technology emerges within all stakeholder groups. We propose that an analysis framework based on the concept of Technological Frames (TFs) can identify where understanding is in conflict across different stakeholder groups. We used TFs to analyse data collected in one organisation in the process of adopting an agile development approach. In doing so, we identified several dimensions (called ‘elements’ in TFs) which characterise a group’s understanding of agility. In this paper, we present these elements and describe the TFs for four distinct groups. We suggest that these elements may be used by other organisations adopting agile methods to help understand the views of different stakeholder groups.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Lawrence, R., Yslas, B.: Three-way cultural change: Introducing agile within two non-agile companies and a non-agile methodology. In: Proceedings of Agile 2006, pp. 255–259. IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos (2006)
Wils, A., van Baelen, S., Holvoet, T., de Vlaminck, K.: Agility in the Avionics Software World. In: Abrahamsson, P., Marchesi, M., Succi, G. (eds.) XP 2006. LNCS, vol. 4044, pp. 123–132. Springer, Heidelberg (2006)
Lycett, M., Macredie, R.D., Patel, C., Paul, R.J.: Migrating agile methods to standardized development practice. IEEE Computer 36(6), 79–85 (2003)
Bijker, W.E.: Of bicycles, bakelites, and bulbs: toward a theory of sociotechnical change. MIT Press, Cambridge (1995)
Latour, B.: The Powers of Association. In: Law, J. (ed.) Power, action, and belief: a new sociology of knowledge, p. viii, 280. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London (1986)
Nerur, S., Mahapatra, R., Mangalaraj, G.: Challenges of migrating to agile methodologies. Communications of the ACM 48(5), 73–78 (2005)
Lindvall, M., Muthig, D., Dagnino, A., Wallin, C., Stupperich, M., Kiefer, D., May, J., Kähkönen, T.: Agile software development in large organisations. IEEE Computer 37(12), 26–34 (2004)
Cohn, M., Ford, D.: Introducing an agile process to an organisation. IEEE Computer 36(6), 74–78 (2003)
Boehm, B., Turner, R.: Management Challenges to Implementing Agile Processes in Traditional Development Organisations. IEEE Software 22(5), 30–38 (2005)
Weyrauch, K.: What are we arguing about? A framework for defining agile in our organisation. In: Proceedings of Agile 2006, pp. 213–220. IEEE CS, Los Alamitos (2006)
Orlikowski, W., Gash, D.C.: Technological Frames: Making Sense of Information Technology in Organisations. ACM Transactions on Information Systems 12, 174–207 (1994)
Abdelnour-Nocera, J., Dunckley, L., Sharp, H.: An approach to the evaluation of usefulness as a social construct using technological frames. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction 22, 157–177 (2007)
Pellegrino, G.: Thickening the Frame: Cross-Theoretical Accounts of Contexts Inside and Around Technology. Bulletin of Science Technology Society 25, 63–72 (2005)
Sarkkinen, J.: Examining a Planning Discourse: How a Manager Represents Issues within a Planning Frame and How the Other Could Do the Same. In: Participatory Design Conference, Toronto, Canada (2004)
Winograd, T., Flores, F.: Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design. Ablex Pub. Corp., Norwood (1986)
Fairclough, N.: Language and Power, 2nd edn., Harlow, England, Longman (2001)
Harrè, R., Gillett, G.: The Discursive Mind. Sage, Thousand Oaks, Calif (1994)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Abdelnour-Nocera, J., Sharp, H. (2008). Adopting Agile in a Large Organisation. In: Abrahamsson, P., Baskerville, R., Conboy, K., Fitzgerald, B., Morgan, L., Wang, X. (eds) Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming. XP 2008. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68255-4_5
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68255-4_5
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-68254-7
Online ISBN: 978-3-540-68255-4
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)