A study of development collaboration in a water-gile-fall organization
Astrid Jansson · Lund University Publications Student Papers (Lund University) · 2021
In this empirical study, we investigate root causes for loss of adaptiveness and e ciency along with solutions to eliminate these in an agile middle-sized project with several teams highly a ected by the traditional waterfall structures that infuse other parts of the company.Based on interviews with employees from varying roles and teams, issues are identi ed and grouped into nine areas.Root cause analysis is performed on three of these areas.E ciency and adaptivity are found to be negatively a ected by unclear code ownership between teams and faulty implementation of Scrum.This drives the codebase to become more complex and more expensive to develop and maintain.Solutions recommended include introducing clear ownership between the teams, improve the implementation of Scrum, focus on process improvement, as well as enforcing and supporting team self-organization.