A systematic literature review on agile project
Sumsunnahar Sheuly (2013)
Diplomityö
Sumsunnahar Sheuly
2013
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe201305143493
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe201305143493
Tiivistelmä
In the 21st century, agile project management (APM) has emerged as a major evolutionary
step in the area of software project management. APM is defined as a conceptual
framework, consisting of various methods such as Scrum, quick respond to change, better
customer collaboration, minimum coverage of documentation and extreme programming
(XP) that facilitates to produce working software in multiple iterations with team work.
Because agile project management has become more popular in the software industry in
recent years, it constitutes an interesting and comprehensive research topic.
This thesis presents a systematic literature review (SLR) of published research articles
concerning agile project management. Based on a predefined search strategy, 273 such
articles were identified, of which 44 were included in the review. The selected 44 articles
were published between years 2005 and 2012.
The thesis defines a review process by developing a review protocol and presenting the
results of the review. The results are expected to provide researchers, software man
step in the area of software project management. APM is defined as a conceptual
framework, consisting of various methods such as Scrum, quick respond to change, better
customer collaboration, minimum coverage of documentation and extreme programming
(XP) that facilitates to produce working software in multiple iterations with team work.
Because agile project management has become more popular in the software industry in
recent years, it constitutes an interesting and comprehensive research topic.
This thesis presents a systematic literature review (SLR) of published research articles
concerning agile project management. Based on a predefined search strategy, 273 such
articles were identified, of which 44 were included in the review. The selected 44 articles
were published between years 2005 and 2012.
The thesis defines a review process by developing a review protocol and presenting the
results of the review. The results are expected to provide researchers, software man