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Purpose
This research project began when Dr Geetha Kanaparan and Dr Diane Strode decided to investigate the agile software development practices that contribute to effective coordination. Research shows that well-coordinated software development initiatives are more successful but we do not know which practices contribute the most to well-coordinated agile software development. The results of this research will benefit those adopting agile approaches by improving their knowledge about which agile software development practices are most effective for coordinating software development and ultimately contribute to improved software development success.
What is coordination?
This research project is about coordination. What is coordination? We use this simple intriguing definition.
“When multiple actors pursue goals together, they have to do things to organise themselves that a single actor pursuing the same goals would not have to do. We call these extra organising activities coordination” (Malone, 1988, p. 5).
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Researchers
Dr Diane Strode
Formerly: Senior Lecturer
School of Information Technology
Whitireia Polytechnic,
New Zealand 5022
diane.strode@alumni.unimelb.edu.au
Dr Geetha Kanaparan
Senior Lecturer
ICT Department
Xiamen University Malaysia DULN009(B)
Jalan Sunsuria, Bandar Sunsuria,
43900 Sepang, Selangor Darul Ehsan.
Malaysia
Tel. +6 03 870 55366
Web : www.xmu.edu.my
Status of Project
Ethics approval - completed
Pre-test activities - completed
Pilot survey - completed
Final survey release - June 2021
Publication of results - 2021 to 2025
Publications, presentations, and reports
Conference paper: A Theory of Coordination: From Propositions to Hypotheses in Agile Software Development, HICSS 2021. Available here: https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/71436/1/0664.pdf
Conference paper: Structural Elements that Improve Coordination in Agile Software Development, CIITE 2024, forthcoming in IEEE Explore. Please email one of us to request a copy.
Journal article: Investigating the Relationship Between Coordination Strategy and Coordination Effectiveness in Agile Software Development Projects. This article is now published in Information and Software Technology (SJR Q1). The article is available free of charge to download until 30 April 2025. After that time, please contact one of us and we will send you a copy. Here: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1kl7k3O8rCo9CP
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