Hacia el escalamiento de soluciones ágiles en grandes empresas de software: un mapeo sistemático

Abstract

Introduction— Currently, due to globalization, software companies are opting to use Large-Scale Agile Development (LSAD) approaches. However, not all the elements that are presented in these scaled approaches are easily applicable to the context of an organization, and after carrying out the systematic mapping, there was no evidence that they describe an adaptation, implementation and control strategy that facilitates the process of transformation to LSAD.

Objectives— In this sense, this paper presents a systematic mapping in which recent knowledge about this research area is analyzed, in order to identify and establish the fundamental attributes to take into account in the transformation to LSAD from the experience reported in the literature.

Methodology— A protocol to carry out systematic mappings of the literature is followed, which raises a set of research questions and establishes a search strategy applied in four databases. Subsequently, the primary articles are selected taking into account the defined inclusion and exclusion criteria and, based on the findings, the research questions are resolved and the results are classified and characterized. Finally, the results are discussed and the conclusions are presented.

Results— The results obtained in this study present the efforts of the scientific community to establish principles, practices, roles, artifacts, challenges and factors that allow success in the process of scaling an organization’s approach towards a LSAD approach. These results are synthesized as fundamental elements for to scale, answering what to take into account and how to achieve it.

Conclusions— From the results obtained, it is possible to conclude that there is no unified terminology, so it is important to standardize it to simplify the understanding and application of scaled approaches. In addition, this document shows the preview of the Framework to support the transformation of the LSAD of an organization.