The Agile Transformation
Manninen, Venla (2018)
Manninen, Venla
Oulun ammattikorkeakoulu
2018
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018061113494
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018061113494
Tiivistelmä
Within the past ten years, the ways of developing products and services has underwent significant changes. The software and service development environment has been transforming, manifested in technologies, people and processes. As a result, organizations have been facing pressure to be highly adaptive to change. To study the changes, it is necessary to examine the development processes as well as human and business-related aspects.
This research began with a purpose to study the characteristics of agile transformation according to a set of predefined values gathered in the Agile Manifesto. Recent studies of Agile have not seemed to focus on changes in the organizational level. Insights about agile transformation are significant as the environment is in a state continuously evolving, which will affect the methods and frameworks chosen to develop products and services.
The framework of this thesis consists of a set of literature, online and video material as well as qualitative methods, by including an interview. The thesis has been able to distinguish factors, which differ between a traditional and an agile organization. Conclusion suggests that qualitative research support the findings in the theoretical framework. Further research on the topic of agile transformation is encouraged.
This research began with a purpose to study the characteristics of agile transformation according to a set of predefined values gathered in the Agile Manifesto. Recent studies of Agile have not seemed to focus on changes in the organizational level. Insights about agile transformation are significant as the environment is in a state continuously evolving, which will affect the methods and frameworks chosen to develop products and services.
The framework of this thesis consists of a set of literature, online and video material as well as qualitative methods, by including an interview. The thesis has been able to distinguish factors, which differ between a traditional and an agile organization. Conclusion suggests that qualitative research support the findings in the theoretical framework. Further research on the topic of agile transformation is encouraged.