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The Sars-Cov-2 Pandemic and Agile Methodologies in Software Development: A Multiple Case Study in Germany

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Lean and Agile Software Development (LASD 2021)

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In recent years, agile methodologies have been established in software development. Today, many companies use agile or hybrid approaches in software development projects. The Sars-Cov-2 pandemic has led to a paradigm shift in the way people work in Germany. While it was customary for German software development teams to work co-located before the pandemic, teams have been working on a distributed remote basis since March 2020. Studies show that distributed work impacts the performance of agile software development teams. To examine the effects of the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic on agile software development in Germany, we planned, carried out, and evaluated a multiple case study with three cases. The results show that the majority of teams did not experience any loss in performance. We present some problems and challenges and derive specific suggestions for software development practice from the results of the study.

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    Michael Neumann, Yevgen Bogdanov, Martin Lier & Lars Baumann

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  1. Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland

    Adam Przybyłek

  2. Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland

    Jakub Miler

  3. Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, Germany

    Alexander Poth

  4. Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France

    Andreas Riel

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Neumann, M., Bogdanov, Y., Lier, M., Baumann, L. (2021). The Sars-Cov-2 Pandemic and Agile Methodologies in Software Development: A Multiple Case Study in Germany. In: Przybyłek, A., Miler, J., Poth, A., Riel, A. (eds) Lean and Agile Software Development. LASD 2021. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 408. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67084-9_3

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