Shedding light on the dark side – A systematic literature review of the issues in agile software development methodology use
•A systematic review of issues in Agile Software Development that analyzes 70 papers.•90 issues identified, classified into 18 issue themes on 6 levels of manifestation.•65 relationships identified between issues that characterize the dark side of Agile.•Lack of customer involvement and time pressur...
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| Published in: | The Journal of systems and software 2024-05, Vol.211, p.111966, Article 111966 |
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| Language: | eng |
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| Summary: | •A systematic review of issues in Agile Software Development that analyzes 70 papers.•90 issues identified, classified into 18 issue themes on 6 levels of manifestation.•65 relationships identified between issues that characterize the dark side of Agile.•Lack of customer involvement and time pressure are major origins of other problems.•Development team, process and deliverables are the most frequently impaired aspects.
Agile software development (ASD) methodologies address problems of traditional approaches, but can also cause various issues. A systematization of the spectrum of negative facets and how they arise has not been developed, leaving the dark side of ASD opaque.
The paper systematizes findings on various negative facets to define what specific issues constitute the dark side of ASD. It also examines how relationships among these issues define the complexity of the downside.
A literature review of 70 articles was conducted following Kitchenham & Charters (2007). The content analysis employed the coding procedure by Gioia et al. (2013) to systematize the negative aspects of ASD methodologies.
The paper reveals 90 issues, grouped into 18 coherent themes. Six levels of manifestation point to the primarily affected constituents in ASD projects. In addition, 65 relationships among issues are explored, providing explanations for the complexity of the dark side of ASD.
The systematization shows what aspects constitute the dark side of ASD, emphasizing its multidimensional nature along issues such as reduced developer well-being, product quality and development productivity. The analysis of how its complexity is defined reveals that customer misbehavior and delivery pressure are significant origins of other issues. |
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| ISSN: | 0164-1212 1873-1228 |