Author : Majid Alsubair
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ISBN 13 :
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Book Synopsis Conceptualising Hybrid Agile Approach for Management of IT Projects by : Majid Alsubair
Download or read book Conceptualising Hybrid Agile Approach for Management of IT Projects written by Majid Alsubair and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Many working environments have experienced increased uncertainty due to our fast-moving and unpredictable world. Information technology (IT) projects particularly face several challenges because of their rapidly changing environments and emerging technologies. IT organisations within these contexts adapt project management approaches to address those challenges. Agile, traditional, and hybrid approaches are considered when managing projects. However, agile has gained much attention in recent years due to its effectiveness in addressing issues with traditional ones. There is an increasing demand among organisations to use hybrid agile approaches due to failure rates in IT projects. Recent statistics on the state of agile and other methods in published journals show that more than 50% of organisations tend to use hybrid approaches. Still, there is little knowledge on how organisations combine agile and non-agile approaches. This thesis proposes that a holistic view of hybrid agile implementation is needed to understand what constitutes a hybrid agile approach. The view consists of elements, approaches, frameworks, practices, tools, techniques, success measures, and people factors to understand how organisations use hybrid agile. The view also consists of elements, benefits and challenges to understanding why organisations adopt hybrid agile. The elements answer the research question on how successfully organisations manage IT projects using the hybrid agile approach. A qualitative and interpretative case study design is conducted as the research method. The data collection methods included interviews with agile experts, document analysis, and website analysis, while the primary data analysis technique was thematic analysis. The findings indicate that the studied organisations use predominantly hybrid agile in different combinations of approaches and frameworks. The most common combinations of hybrid agile include scrum framework, in-house built hybrid agile approach and Scaled Agile Framework SAFe framework. The use of scrum ceremonies, artefacts, and application lifecycle management tools appeared to be consistent in hybrid agile. The organisations assessed their success in hybrid agile using internal and external factors, including agile metrics and customer and user satisfaction as the most-used metrics. The findings also show that in developing effective teams in hybrid agile, the focus is on behavioural factors rather than technical factors, where the culture factor, agile mindset factor, and interpersonal factors are the most important people factors in hybrid agile. The findings concerning hybrid agile adoption benefits show that ability to build quickly, having clear requirements, increasing customer and user satisfaction, and ensuring team development and satisfaction are the most perceived benefits of hybrid agile. The findings indicate that the hybrid agile approach is better than pure agile. Hybrid agile is more comprehensive in its adoption since it allows the flexibility of utilising a wide range of approaches and frameworks and consistent use of practices, tools, and techniques. The findings also prove the maturity of hybrid agile because of the consistency of practices used and the adoption of management tools. The benefits indicate that hybrid agile positively impacts several areas within organisations.There are several contributions of our study, including the development of conceptual framework to understand the hybrid agile environment and identify the main elements of impact of the success of hybrid agile. The identification of different combinations of hybrid agile approaches and frameworks is another contribution that can show what constructs hybrid agile. The identified practices, tools, and techniques of hybrid agile are other contributions of our study, as well as the success measures and people factor to assess and determine the success and build effective teams in hybrid agile.The practical contributions of our study include that researchers and practitioners can apply the hybrid agile conceptual framework for analysing how they manage their projects. This can benefit them in better understanding the relations between the used approaches and framework, the used practices, tools, and techniques, how they measure the success, and the people factors' impact on other elements. Therefore, the findings of our study can assist in better exploring the hybrid agile approach and contribute to organisations by improving the chance of success in their IT projects.
