{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2060919981","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1743546.1743580","title":"Examining perceptions of agility in software development practice","display_name":"Examining perceptions of agility in software development practice","publication_year":2010,"publication_date":"2010-06-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2060919981","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1743546.1743580","mag":"2060919981"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/1743546.1743580","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1743546.1743580","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/1743546.1743580","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S103482838","display_name":"Communications of the ACM","issn_l":"0001-0782","issn":["0001-0782","1557-7317"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Communications of the ACM","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"bronze","oa_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/1743546.1743580","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5071422923","display_name":"Sergio de Cesare","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2559-0567"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I59433898","display_name":"Brunel University of London","ror":"https://ror.org/00dn4t376","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I59433898"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sergio de Cesare","raw_affiliation_strings":["Brunel University, London, U.K"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Brunel University, London, U.K","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I59433898"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5035415068","display_name":"Mark Lycett","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6290-8258"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I59433898","display_name":"Brunel University of London","ror":"https://ror.org/00dn4t376","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I59433898"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mark Lycett","raw_affiliation_strings":["Brunel University, London, U.K"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Brunel University, London, U.K","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I59433898"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5013014704","display_name":"Robert D. Macredie","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5066-425X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I59433898","display_name":"Brunel University of London","ror":"https://ror.org/00dn4t376","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I59433898"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Robert D. Macredie","raw_affiliation_strings":["Brunel University, London, U.K"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Brunel University, London, U.K","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I59433898"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5085669309","display_name":"Chaitali Patel","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I91950636","display_name":"Unisys (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/033ssdc55","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I91950636"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Chaitali Patel","raw_affiliation_strings":["Agilisys Ltd., London, U.K"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Agilisys Ltd., London, U.K","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I91950636"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5112775538","display_name":"Ray J. Paul","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I59433898","display_name":"Brunel University of London","ror":"https://ror.org/00dn4t376","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I59433898"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ray Paul","raw_affiliation_strings":["Brunel University and London School of Economics and Political Science, London, U.K"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Brunel University and London School of Economics and Political Science, London, U.K","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I59433898"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":4.9539,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":35,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.95524988,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"53","issue":"6","first_page":"126","last_page":"130"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10430","display_name":"Software Engineering Techniques and Practices","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10430","display_name":"Software Engineering Techniques and Practices","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9975000023841858,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10639","display_name":"Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies","score":0.9945999979972839,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/agile-software-development","display_name":"Agile software development","score":0.6312072277069092},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-development","display_name":"Software development","score":0.5606971383094788},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-development-process","display_name":"Software development process","score":0.5224418044090271},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/lean-software-development","display_name":"Lean software development","score":0.5220587253570557},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/process-management","display_name":"Process management","score":0.5117659568786621},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/personal-software-process","display_name":"Personal software process","score":0.44870486855506897},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/knowledge-management","display_name":"Knowledge management","score":0.4434177875518799},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.4365863800048828},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/team-software-process","display_name":"Team software process","score":0.4349663257598877},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/capability-maturity-model","display_name":"Capability Maturity Model","score":0.42805153131484985},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering-management","display_name":"Engineering management","score":0.38356417417526245},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.32472559809684753},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-engineering","display_name":"Software engineering","score":0.32030367851257324},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.2795378267765045},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-construction","display_name":"Software construction","score":0.21539056301116943}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C14185376","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30232","display_name":"Agile software development","level":2,"score":0.6312072277069092},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C529173508","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q638608","display_name":"Software development","level":3,"score":0.5606971383094788},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C180152950","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2904257","display_name":"Software development process","level":4,"score":0.5224418044090271},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199561411","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2665555","display_name":"Lean software development","level":5,"score":0.5220587253570557},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C195094911","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14167904","display_name":"Process management","level":1,"score":0.5117659568786621},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39890963","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1702721","display_name":"Personal software process","level":5,"score":0.44870486855506897},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.4434177875518799},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.4365863800048828},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C51845450","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1421651","display_name":"Team software process","level":5,"score":0.4349663257598877},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C85890633","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q929673","display_name":"Capability Maturity Model","level":3,"score":0.42805153131484985},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110354214","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6314146","display_name":"Engineering management","level":1,"score":0.38356417417526245},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.32472559809684753},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.32030367851257324},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.2795378267765045},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C186846655","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3398377","display_name":"Software construction","level":4,"score":0.21539056301116943},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/1743546.1743580","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1743546.1743580","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/1743546.1743580","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S103482838","display_name":"Communications of the ACM","issn_l":"0001-0782","issn":["0001-0782","1557-7317"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Communications of the ACM","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:bura.brunel.ac.uk:2438/8121","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1743546.1743580","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401473","display_name":"Brunel University Research Archive (BURA) (Brunel University London)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I59433898","host_organization_name":"Brunel University of London","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I59433898"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/1743546.1743580","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1743546.1743580","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/1743546.1743580","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S103482838","display_name":"Communications of the ACM","issn_l":"0001-0782","issn":["0001-0782","1557-7317"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Communications of the ACM","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2060919981.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2060919981.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":13,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1529465401","https://openalex.org/W1999668369","https://openalex.org/W2052907228","https://openalex.org/W2061002318","https://openalex.org/W2061639639","https://openalex.org/W2072112354","https://openalex.org/W2080827798","https://openalex.org/W2080938917","https://openalex.org/W2089251367","https://openalex.org/W2096605642","https://openalex.org/W2157385361","https://openalex.org/W2752455916","https://openalex.org/W2753385853"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1596216279","https://openalex.org/W2108773545","https://openalex.org/W4211055703","https://openalex.org/W1964677430","https://openalex.org/W2156339282","https://openalex.org/W2370810008","https://openalex.org/W4391164552","https://openalex.org/W2145231972","https://openalex.org/W403336087","https://openalex.org/W2098309128"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Introduction":[0],"Organizations":[1],"undertaking":[2],"software":[3,35,70,82,157,182,221,279],"development":[4,37,71,158,266,285],"are":[5,19,230],"often":[6],"reminded":[7],"that":[8,18,225,300],"successful":[9],"practice":[10,166,210,229,277,291],"depends":[11],"on":[12,205,308],"a":[13,197,247],"number":[14],"of":[15,47,69,75,156,208,219,252,261,283,298],"non-technical":[16],"issues":[17,27],"managerial,":[20],"cultural":[21],"and":[22,38,67,78,94,109,130,153,160,175,179,191,223,227,256,305],"organizational":[23],"in":[24,51,87,170,214,242,270,278,287,292],"nature.":[25],"These":[26],"cover":[28],"aspects":[29,155],"from":[30,238],"appropriate":[31],"corporate":[32],"structure,":[33],"through":[34],"process":[36,115],"standardization":[39],"to":[40,63,98,149,193,245,263,289,294],"effective":[41],"collaborative":[42,169],"practice.":[43],"Since":[44],"the":[45,48,52,64,73,105,110,120,126,134,144,151,162,206,217,220,250,257,275,296],"articulation":[46],"'software":[49],"crisis'":[50],"late-1960s,":[53],"significant":[54],"effort":[55],"has":[56,140],"been":[57,141],"put":[58],"into":[59],"addressing":[60],"problems":[61,218],"related":[62],"cost,":[65],"time":[66,97],"quality":[68],"via":[72],"application":[74],"systematic":[76],"processes":[77,178],"management":[79],"practices":[80],"for":[81,259],"engineering.":[83],"Early":[84,202],"efforts":[85],"resulted":[86],"prescriptive":[88],"structured":[89],"methods,":[90],"which":[91,147],"have":[92],"evolved":[93],"expanded":[95],"over":[96,159,177,183,188,195],"embrace":[99],"consortia/":[100],"company-led":[101],"initiatives":[102,139],"such":[103,118],"as":[104,119],"Unified":[106,111],"Modeling":[107],"Language":[108],"Process":[112],"alongside":[113,281],"formal":[114],"improvement":[116],"frameworks":[117],"International":[121],"Standards":[122],"Organization's":[123],"9000":[124],"series,":[125],"Capability":[127],"Maturity":[128],"Model":[129],"SPICE.":[131],"More":[132],"recently,":[133],"philosophy":[135],"behind":[136],"traditional":[137,253],"plan-based":[138,226,254,309],"questioned":[142],"by":[143],"agile":[145,209,228,290],"movement,":[146],"seeks":[148],"emphasize":[150],"human":[152],"craft":[154],"above":[161],"engineering":[163,280],"aspects.":[164],"Agile":[165],"is":[167],"strongly":[168],"its":[171],"outlook,":[172],"favoring":[173],"individuals":[174],"interactions":[176],"tools,":[180],"working":[181],"comprehensive":[184],"documentation,":[185],"customer":[186],"collaboration":[187],"contract":[189],"negotiation,":[190],"responding":[192],"change":[194],"following":[196],"plan":[198],"(see":[199],"Sidebar":[200],"1).":[201],"experience":[203],"reports":[204],"use":[207],"suggest":[211,224],"some":[212],"success":[213],"dealing":[215],"with":[216],"crisis,":[222],"not":[231],"mutually":[232],"exclusive.":[233],"Indeed,":[234],"flexibility":[235],"may":[236,301],"arise":[237],"this":[239,269,272],"unlikely":[240],"marriage":[241],"an":[243],"aim":[244],"strike":[246],"balance":[248],"between":[249],"rigor":[251],"approaches":[255],"need":[258],"adaptation":[260],"those":[262],"suit":[264],"particular":[265],"situations.":[267],"With":[268],"mind,":[271],"article":[273],"surveys":[274],"current":[276],"perceptions":[282],"senior":[284],"managers":[286],"relation":[288],"order":[293],"understand":[295],"principles":[297],"agility":[299],"be":[302],"practiced":[303],"implicitly":[304],"their":[306],"effects":[307],"approach.":[310]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-05-21T06:26:12.895304","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}