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1 Citations
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Agile Powertrain Development: Considerations to Incorporate Agile Principles

  • Andreas Lukas,
  • Oliver Moerth-Teo,
  • Lukas Schwarz,
  • Hans P. Schnöll,
  • Matthias Wolf and
  • Christian Ramsauer

27 September 2021

Pressure to increase effectiveness and efficiency drives the product development process. The software industry has been using agile development approaches due to their advantages when coping with uncertainties and simultaneously increasing value. Th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,007 Views
31 Pages

25 October 2023

In today’s digital era, where communication is primarily conducted using computers and other technological devices, an agile mindset is not enough to be sustainable. Given the significant influence of human behaviour in agile environments, it i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,149 Views
17 Pages

25 May 2023

The success of agile in software development (SD) has sparked the application of agile in non-SD domains such as business management to improve operational efficiency and innovation. Despite the rising industry demands for agile talents in the non-SD...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,634 Views
19 Pages

Dynamic Agile Distributed Development Method

  • Muhammad Asgher Nadeem and
  • Scott Uk-Jin Lee

13 October 2019

“Agile” is an effective software engineering model with a high trust and acceptance rate among its users. The term agility comes from the concept of rapid development and working in a team for better results and a faster competition rate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,099 Views
21 Pages

6 March 2021

The importance of the role that knowledge management (KM) plays in the success of knowledge-intensive organizations has long been acknowledged. However, requirements engineering (RE) methods for KM solutions still lack maturity, as do the educational...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,678 Views
18 Pages

A Conceptual Model of Developing an Agile Work Environment

  • Katja Crnogaj,
  • Polona Tominc and
  • Maja Rožman

10 November 2022

This study has highlighted the need for an agile work environment to enhance companies’ performance, growth, and sustainability. In today’s rapidly changing business world, the goal of every individual and team in a company should be to d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
10,771 Views
22 Pages

Identifying Barriers in the Implementation of Agile Methodologies in Automotive Industry

  • Daniel Soares,
  • Francisco José Gomes da Silva,
  • Sandra Cristina Faria Ramos,
  • Konstantinos Kirytopoulos,
  • José Carlos Sá and
  • Luís Pinto Ferreira

Projects have grown into more dynamic and complex endeavors, and agile project management should be considered as a way to deal with them. This is a novel study in this field, because the implementation of agile project management in the automotive i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,392 Views
22 Pages

30 April 2022

The Agile approach and tools are popular for the management of Enterprise Application Software (EAS) development. This article focuses on the issue of inconsistency between strategic business objectives and the functionality of the software developed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,966 Views
16 Pages

29 March 2022

The need for organizations to adapt to constant change means the challenges of implementing an agile strategy. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to analyze the role of agile women leadership and team effectiveness by looking into the mediating e...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
7,850 Views
22 Pages

AgiBuild: A Scaled Agile Framework for Building Adaptation Projects

  • Pearl Li Ng,
  • Tayyab Maqsood,
  • Malik Khalfan and
  • Farshid Rahmani

3 December 2023

Agile ways of working have garnered recognition for their capacity to drive innovation, placing a strong emphasis on adaptability to change and a user-centric approach. Inspired by these proven principles, the authors envision that applying scaled ag...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,782 Views
21 Pages

Initial Coin Offerings and Agile Practices

  • Simona Ibba,
  • Andrea Pinna,
  • Maria Ilaria Lunesu,
  • Michele Marchesi and
  • Roberto Tonelli

23 October 2018

An ICO (Initial Coin Offering) is an innovative way to fund projects based on blockchain. The funding is based on the selling of tokens by means of decentralized applications called smart contracts written in Solidity, a programming language specific...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,029 Views
19 Pages

Background: Regression testing is critical in agile software development, as it ensures that frequent changes do not introduce defects into previously working functionalities. While agile methodologies emphasize rapid iterations and value delivery, r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
768 Views
39 Pages

A Causal Modeling Approach to Agile Project Management and Progress Evaluation

  • Saulius Gudas,
  • Vitalijus Denisovas,
  • Jurij Tekutov and
  • Karolis Noreika

18 August 2025

Despite widespread adoption, traditional Agile project management practices often fail to ensure successful delivery of enterprise-scale software projects. One key limitation lies in the absence of a conceptually defined structure for the various typ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,341 Views
21 Pages

A Framework on the Use of Agile Methods in Logistics Startups

  • Malena Zielske,
  • Tobias Held and
  • Athanasios Kourouklis

23 February 2022

Background: The logistics industry has seen the emergence of many startups in recent years. Many of these logistics startups use new technologies to develop disruptive products, services or platforms that are based on software. This paper presents th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
22,657 Views
11 Pages

5 August 2022

Agile software development methods were introduced to minimize problems faced using traditional software development approaches. There are several Agile approaches used in developing software projects, these include Scrum, Extreme programming and Kan...

  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
40,800 Views
30 Pages

On the Biomimetic Design of Agile-Robot Legs

  • Elena Garcia,
  • Juan Carlos Arevalo,
  • Gustavo Muñoz and
  • Pablo Gonzalez-de-Santos

28 November 2011

The development of functional legged robots has encountered its limits in human-made actuation technology. This paper describes research on the biomimetic design of legs for agile quadrupeds. A biomimetic leg concept that extracts key principles from...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,682 Views
22 Pages

26 July 2023

This study compares the reliability of estimation, productivity, and defect rate metrics for sprints driven by a specific instance of the agile approach (i.e., scrum) and an agile model-Bbased software engineering (MBSE) approach called the integrate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,555 Views
26 Pages

Conceptualizing Agile Branding: Dimensions and Antecedents for Managing Brands in a Dynamic Environment

  • Michaela Pöhlmann,
  • Jürgen Seitz,
  • Carmen Jambrino-Maldonado and
  • Carlos de las Heras-Pedrosa

Traditional branding approaches take too long to react to today’s dynamic environment. Agile branding offers a promising approach and might be the contemporary answer to the demands of our digitalized world. While scientists state that an agile...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,785 Views
18 Pages

3 March 2021

As agile software development methods are spreading through the industry, they are no longer sufficient in their original design. With the increasing adoption by various types and sizes of organizations, these methods are scaled and tailored. The mos...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,864 Views
20 Pages

Managing the Lean–Agile Paradox in Complex Environments

  • Andrea Furlan,
  • Roberto Grandinetti and
  • Alberto F. De Toni

19 May 2023

The decision to incrementally improve existing processes and products or introduce breakthrough innovations depends on the context a company is facing. In situations where problems are known, it is better to incrementally improve, while in complex si...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,776 Views
29 Pages

Scientific Highlights of the AGILE Gamma-ray Mission

  • Stefano Vercellone,
  • Carlotta Pittori and
  • Marco Tavani

25 March 2024

The γ-ray sky above a few tens of megaelectronvolts (MeV) reveals some of the most powerful and energetic phenomena of our Universe. The Astrorivelatore Gamma ad Immagini LEggero (AGILE) Gamma-ray Mission was launched in 2007 with the aim of ob...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
11,008 Views
16 Pages

13 April 2022

In this study, a framework was developed, based on a literature review, to help managers incorporate cybersecurity risk management in agile development projects. The literature review used predefined codes that were developed by extending previously...

  • Article
  • Open Access
982 Views
26 Pages

9 July 2025

As organizations become increasingly projectified, safeguarding the resilience of project professionals and teams emerges as a critical organizational challenge. Adopting a systems lens, we investigate how agile mindsets and agile practices function...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
8,733 Views
22 Pages

Agile is one of the most popular contemporary management concepts and buzzwords. This paper provides an in-depth examination of the influence of the Agile concept on the discourse, thinking and practices of organizations worldwide. The paper traces t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,659 Views
35 Pages

Agile Construction Digital Twin Engineering

  • Philipp Zech,
  • Alexandra Jäger,
  • Larissa Schneiderbauer,
  • Hans Exenberger,
  • Georg Fröch and
  • Matthias Flora

26 January 2025

Digital twins have attracted a lot of attention recently. However, the current manifestations are merely digital shadows, lacking means for bidirectional data exchange, which makes their use for assisting the construction of buildings much more diffi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
12,071 Views
20 Pages

14 November 2024

This paper aims to provide a framework for guiding organizations toward Agile practices for project management. Through a case study analysis conducted in an information technology company, the paper aims to explore the interplay between current orga...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
9,508 Views
20 Pages

29 December 2023

Scaled agile development approaches are now used widely in modern software engineering, allowing businesses to improve teamwork, productivity, and product quality. The incorporation of artificial intelligence (AI) into scaled agile development method...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,395 Views
26 Pages

Air Transport System Agility: The Agile Response Capability (ARC) Methodology for Crisis Preparedness

  • Rogier Woltjer,
  • Björn J. E. Johansson,
  • Per-Anders Oskarsson,
  • Peter Svenmarck and
  • Barry Kirwan

Aviation is a highly inter-connected system. This means that a problem in one area may cause effects in other countries or parts of the Air Transport System (ATS). Examples range from local air traffic disruptions to the 2010 volcanic ash crisis. Agi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,942 Views
18 Pages

The production of new IT products and services in today’s dynamic world of business and ever-evolving technology requires specific enterprise policies geared toward supporting innovation. Striving to provide the customer with the required value...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,847 Views
24 Pages

Intersatellite and Downlink Agile Attitude Maneuvers

  • Massimo Posani,
  • Mauro Pontani and
  • Paolo Gasbarri

7 November 2023

This research is focused on the problem of agile attitude maneuvering, aimed at the precise pointing of a satellite forming a typical constellation in low Earth orbit. We consider two different operational scenarios: (a) pointing toward a specific gr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,046 Views
23 Pages

2 January 2023

Although agile methods gained popularity and became globally widespread, developing secure software with agile methods remains a challenge. Method elements (i.e., roles, activities, and artifacts) that aim to increase software security on one hand ca...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,510 Views
33 Pages

Cognitive Agents Powered by Large Language Models for Agile Software Project Management

  • Konrad Cinkusz,
  • Jarosław A. Chudziak and
  • Ewa Niewiadomska-Szynkiewicz

This paper investigates the integration of cognitive agents powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) within the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to reinforce software project management. By deploying virtual agents in simulated software environments, thi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
8,116 Views
19 Pages

Implementation of Agile Methodologies in an Engineering Course

  • Jana Pócsová,
  • Dagmar Bednárová,
  • Gabriela Bogdanovská and
  • Andrea Mojžišová

17 November 2020

At present, a new generation of students is studying at universities with their specific abilities and skills. In addition to hard skills, potential employers also require significantly developed soft skills from their employees. The school, and not...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,887 Views
16 Pages

25 October 2023

This article aims to contribute to a leadership-based theory of dynamic capabilities and creating value. As a contribution to the economic dimension of sustainability, the mediation role of dynamic capabilities in the effect of agile leadership on cr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,365 Views
23 Pages

A Systematic Mapping Study on Integration Proposals of the Personas Technique in Agile Methodologies

  • Patricia Losana,
  • John W. Castro,
  • Xavier Ferre,
  • Elena Villalba-Mora and
  • Silvia T. Acuña

20 September 2021

Agile development processes are increasing their consideration of usability by integrating various user-centered design techniques throughout development. One such technique is Personas, which proposes the creation of fictitious users with real prefe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,935 Views
15 Pages

Challenges in Agile Software Maintenance for Local and Global Development: An Empirical Assessment

  • Mohammed Almashhadani,
  • Alok Mishra,
  • Ali Yazici and
  • Muhammad Younas

27 April 2023

Agile methods have gained wide popularity recently due to their characteristics in software development. Despite the success of agile methods in the software maintenance process, several challenges have been reported. In this study, we investigate th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
7,693 Views
13 Pages

Agile Leadership and Perceived Career Success: The Mediating Role of Job Embeddedness

  • Bulent Akkaya,
  • Mirela Panait,
  • Simona Andreea Apostu and
  • Yesim Kaya

Agile leadership is an important managerial function in which responsiveness and innovation appear to be essential elements for the long-term development and success of any business. The world has become increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,539 Views
13 Pages

Background: Several methodologies have been proposed since the first days of software development, from what is now named traditional/heavy methodologies, and later their counterpart, the agile methodologies. The whole idea behind agile methodologies...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,306 Views
26 Pages

13 August 2025

Digital transformation (DT) requires organizations to navigate complex technological and organizational changes, often under conditions of uncertainty. While agile methodologies are widely adopted to address the iterative and cross-functional nature...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,989 Views
12 Pages

The AGP Model for Risk Management in Agile I.T. Projects

  • Sanjeet Singh,
  • Geetika Madaan,
  • Amrinder Singh,
  • Kiran Sood,
  • Simon Grima and
  • Ramona Rupeika-Apoga

The vast majority of articles on risk in agile-managed projects fail to adequately address the interplay between the agile methodology, the risk management process, and the elements that ultimately determine the success or failure of the project. Too...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,713 Views
46 Pages

18 February 2025

Gamification has become a motivational technique for enhancing engagement and productivity, extending into agile software development. However, integrating gamification into agile frameworks such as the Scrum framework has led to the emergence of gam...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,600 Views
29 Pages

13 February 2024

Digital transformation in the public sector provides digital services to the citizens aiming at increasing their quality of life, as well as the transparency and accountability of a public administration. Since adaptation to the citizens changing nee...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,605 Views
14 Pages

11 June 2023

Metrics are key elements that can give us valuable information about the effectiveness of agile software development processes, particularly considering the Scrum environment. This study aims to learn about the metrics adopted to assess agile develop...

  • Article
  • Open Access
993 Views
30 Pages

Leaders, Let’s Get Agile: Examining Project Performance Through Sequential Moderated Mediation of Value Co-Creation and Stakeholder Satisfaction Using the Lens of Agile Leadership

  • Muhammad Ishfaq Khan,
  • Bushra Shafiq Bangash,
  • Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah,
  • Hamza Shakoor,
  • Noureen Fatima,
  • Abdullah Hamoud Ali Seraj and
  • Jehad Abdallah Atieh Afaneh

22 October 2025

The purpose of this study is to examine project performance through the sequential mediation of value co-creation and stakeholder satisfaction, as well as the moderate mediation of stakeholder management in construction companies. The data were colle...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,898 Views
13 Pages

The Role of Employee Competencies in the Sustainable Development and Energy Efficiency of Agile Organizations

  • Maria Kocot,
  • Artur Kwasek,
  • Magdalena Maciaszczyk,
  • Małgorzata Golińska-Pieszyńska,
  • Igor Protasowicki,
  • Krzysztof Kandefer and
  • Janusz Soboń

8 November 2024

The aim of this study was to examine how the development of employee competencies affects the efficiency of green energy utilization in organizations and how these activities support the sustainable development of enterprises. This research focused o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,230 Views
19 Pages

18 March 2023

Computation intelligence techniques are important for making decisions in an agile-based offshore software development paradigm. Offshore development faces additional challenges, such as trust, communication and coordination, and socio-cultural and k...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
9,118 Views
24 Pages

Agile work practices have been adopted by most software development organizations and by many large organizations from other industries. The introduction of agile work practices is assumed to positively affect work characteristics and, in turn, well-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
10,258 Views
29 Pages

3 September 2020

The main purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for utilization of lean, agile, and leagile strategies in the supply chains, where the core idea of the framework is to improve the global sourcing practices. Based on in-depth interviews with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
12,169 Views
21 Pages

13 October 2019

The current inclusion of agile methodologies in web-oriented projects has been considered on a large-scale by software developers. However, the benefits and limitations go beyond the comforts that project managers delimit when choosing them. Selectin...

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