scholarly journals Modelling the critical success factors of agile software development projects in South Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tawanda B. Chiyangwa ◽  
Ernest Mnkandla
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Agile Software ◽  
Organisational Factors

Background: The continued in failure of agile and traditional software development projects have led to the consideration, attention and dispute to critical success factors that are the aspects which are most vital to make a software engineering methodology fruitful. Although there is an increasing variety of critical success factors and methodologies, the conceptual frameworks which have causal relationship are limited.Objective: The objective of this study was to identify and provide insights into the critical success factors that influence the success of software development projects using agile methodologies in South Africa.Method: Quantitative method of collecting data was used. Data were collected in South Africa through a Web-based survey using structured questionnaires.Results: These results show that organisational factors have a great influence on performance expectancy characteristics.Conclusion: The results of this study discovered a comprehensive model that could provide guidelines to the agile community and to the agile professionals.

scholarly journals Using Factor Analysis to Study the Critical Success Factors of Agile Software Development

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 957-963 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah Aldahmash ◽  
◽  
Andrew Gravell ◽  
Yvonne Howard
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Agile Software Development ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Agile Software

scholarly journals Information Security in Agile Software Development Projects: A Critical Success Factor Perspective

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Newton ◽  
Craig Anslow ◽  
Andreas Drechsler
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Information Security ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Agile Development ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Security Practices

© 27th European Conference on Information Systems - Information Systems for a Sharing Society, ECIS 2019. All rights reserved. The importance of information security in software development projects is long recognised, with many comprehensive standards and procedures in use to provide assurance of information security. The agile development paradigm conflicts with traditional security assurance by emphasising the delivery of functional requirements and a reduction in structured and linear development styles. Through a series of thirteen qualitative interviews, this study identifies practices that address this problem which have been successfully adopted by agile practitioners. The findings present four categories of practices - organisational, team, project, and technical - and twelve critical success factors that should be explicitly considered by practitioners to assure agile security. The critical success factors provide a foundation for practitioners to strategically identify and develop best practices to embed information security in agile development projects. The identified categories also highlight the importance of agile security practices centring around individuals and culture and contributes to the literature by providing a representation of agile security practices that encompasses a broad range of focal areas.

scholarly journals Information Security in Agile Software Development Projects: A Critical Success Factor Perspective

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Newton ◽  
Craig Anslow ◽  
Andreas Drechsler
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Information Security ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Agile Development ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Security Practices

© 27th European Conference on Information Systems - Information Systems for a Sharing Society, ECIS 2019. All rights reserved. The importance of information security in software development projects is long recognised, with many comprehensive standards and procedures in use to provide assurance of information security. The agile development paradigm conflicts with traditional security assurance by emphasising the delivery of functional requirements and a reduction in structured and linear development styles. Through a series of thirteen qualitative interviews, this study identifies practices that address this problem which have been successfully adopted by agile practitioners. The findings present four categories of practices - organisational, team, project, and technical - and twelve critical success factors that should be explicitly considered by practitioners to assure agile security. The critical success factors provide a foundation for practitioners to strategically identify and develop best practices to embed information security in agile development projects. The identified categories also highlight the importance of agile security practices centring around individuals and culture and contributes to the literature by providing a representation of agile security practices that encompasses a broad range of focal areas.

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