What more can Software Development Learn from Agile Manufacturing? Some Pointers on the 20th Anniversary of the Agile Manifesto

The concept of agility originated in manufacturing and was later adopted by the software development discipline. In this article we argue that in the process some important aspects of the agility theory have been either ignored or misinterpreted. A historical review of the evolving paradigms and pra...

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Published inJournal of the Southern Association for Information Systems Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 30 - 40
Main Author Kakar, Ashish
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Atlanta Association for Information Systems 22.02.2023
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ISSN2325-3940
2325-3940
DOI10.17705/3JSIS.00031

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Summary:The concept of agility originated in manufacturing and was later adopted by the software development discipline. In this article we argue that in the process some important aspects of the agility theory have been either ignored or misinterpreted. A historical review of the evolving paradigms and practices in software development and manufacturing on the 20th anniversary of the Agile Manifesto (2001) suggests that if the ideas and principles underlying agility are faithfully implemented it would lead to significant improvement in the software development process.
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ISSN:2325-3940
2325-3940
DOI:10.17705/3JSIS.00031