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Are We Agile or Not? A Survey on Brazilian Software Processes

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Agile Methods (WBMA 2018)

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How many software practitioners use agile methods in Brazil? We currently have little knowledge about Brazilian developers profile and about the software processes applied. One of the issues that remain unanswered is whether these practitioners are using agile software processes or not. With the aim to start filling this gap, we conducted a study with the objective to identify whether Brazilian software practitioners are agile. Our research approach was the survey as the method for collecting data. We applied a clustering algorithm to analyze data and characterize the software process, and text mining techniques to identify respondents perceptions of their software processes. Our results show a preliminary profile for Brazilian software processes and practitioners positive and negative perceptions about these processes. We contribute with a method to characterize agile, traditional and hybrid software processes.

This research project is supported by CNPQ (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) – Process Number 408976/2016-0.

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    As opposed to agile, traditional processes could also be called plan-driven processes, such as stated by [23].

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  1. Federal University of Paraná, R. Dr. Alcides Vieira Arcoverde, 1225, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

    Luiz Otávio Aléssio Cesa & Rafaela Mantovani Fontana

  2. Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, R. Imaculada Conceição, 1155, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

    Sheila Reinehr & Andreia Malucelli

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Cesa, L.O.A., Mantovani Fontana, R., Reinehr, S., Malucelli, A. (2019). Are We Agile or Not? A Survey on Brazilian Software Processes. In: Tonin, G., Estácio, B., Goldman, A., Guerra, E. (eds) Agile Methods. WBMA 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 981. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14310-7_2

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