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Future Research in Agile Systems Development: Applying Open Innovation Principles Within the Agile Organisation

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A particular strength of agile approaches is that they move away from ‘introverted’ development and intimately involve the customer in all areas of development, supposedly leading to the development of a more innovative and hence more valuable information system. However, we argue that a single customer representative is too narrow a focus to adopt and that involvement of stakeholders beyond the software development itself is still often quite weak and in some cases non-existent. In response, we argue that current thinking regarding innovation in agile development needs to be extended to include multiple stakeholders outside the business unit. This paper explores the intra-organisational applicability and implications of open innovation in agile systems development. Additionally, it argues for a different perspective of project management that includes collaboration and knowledge-sharing with other business units, customers, partners, and other relevant stakeholders pertinent to the business success of an organisation, thus embracing open innovation principles.

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This work is supported in part by Science Foundation Ireland grant 03/CE2/1303_1 to Lero – the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre.

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  1. Department of Accounting and Finance, National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway, Ireland

    Kieran Conboy

  2. LERO - The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

    Lorraine Morgan

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Conboy, K., Morgan, L. (2010). Future Research in Agile Systems Development: Applying Open Innovation Principles Within the Agile Organisation. In: Dingsøyr, T., Dybå, T., Moe, N. (eds) Agile Software Development. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12575-1_11

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