Barriers Against Better Team. Performance in Agile Software Projects.
Yavuz Kozak · Chalmers Publication Library (Chalmers University of Technology) · 2013
Agile methodologies evolved to cope with the changing requirements in management of software projects, in an effort to increase bring business value of products and create higher client satisfaction.At the heart of agile methodologies lies the agile project teams.Success of agile projects highly depend on the performance of project teams.In contrary to the driving forces that foster performance of teams, there are barriers that limit their performance and productivity.In this master thesis, factors that limit the performance of teams operating in agile software projects are studied.A literature review approaching the research question from three dimensions (software projects, agile methodologies and teamwork) is made.Qualitative data, collected from interviews with 8 agile project managers is used to identify and present various barriers grouped under three main topics:(1)Interaction and personal perspective, (2)material perspective and (3)agile process perspective.It is concluded that performance of teams in agile projects depend on many factors and there are different barriers that prevent teams from progressing more efficiently throughout the project.Barriers identified in this thesis are interpretations of the participants of interviews and generalisations may not apply to all teams in the industry.