The impacts of agile and lean practices on

project constraints: A tertiary study

Nurdiani, Indira; Börstler, Jürgen; Fricker, Samuel A . The Journal of Systems and Software ; New York
 Vol. 119,  (Sep 2016): 162.

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ABSTRACT
The growing interest in Agile and Lean software development is reflected in the increasing number of secondary
studies on the benefits and limitations of Agile and Lean processes and practices. The aim of this tertiary study is
to consolidate empirical evidence regarding Agile and Lean practices and their respective impacts on project
constraints as defined in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK): scope, quality, schedule, budget,
resources, communication, and risk. In this tertiary study, 13 secondary studies were included for detailed
analysis. Given the heterogeneity of the data, we were unable to perform a rigorous synthesis. Instead, we mapped
the identified Agile and Lean practices, and their impacts on the project constraints described in PMBOK. From 13
secondary studies, we identified 13 Agile and Lean practices. Test-Driven Development (TDD) is studied in ten
secondary studies, meanwhile other practices are studied in only one or two secondary studies. This tertiary study
provides a consolidated view of the impacts of Agile and Lean practices. The result of this tertiary study indicates
that TDD has a positive impact on external quality. However, due to insufficient data or contradictory results, we
were unable to make inferences on other Agile and Lean practices. Implications for research and practice are
further discussed in the paper.

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Subject: Studies; Software engineering; Project management

Business indexing term: Subject: Project management

Classification: 5240: Software &systems; 9130: Experiment/theoretical treatment

Publication title: The Journal of Systems and Software; New York

Volume: 119

First page: 162

Publication year: 2016

Publication date: Sep 2016

Publisher: Elsevier Sequoia S .A.

Place of publication: New York

Country of publication: Switzerland, New York

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 Publication subject: Computers--Computer Systems, Computers--Software

ISSN: 01641212

e-ISSN: 18731228

CODEN: JSSODM

Source type: Scholarly Journals

Language of publication: English

Document type: Feature

ProQuest document ID: 1810341148

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Last updated: 2020-11-18

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