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  • Open Access
14 Citations
24,373 Views
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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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovations, Projects, Challenges and Changes in A Digital World)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,963 Views
19 Pages

Agile Powertrain Development: Considerations to Incorporate Agile Principles

  • Andreas Lukas,
  • Oliver Moerth-Teo,
  • Lukas Schwarz,
  • Hans P. Schnöll and ,
  • Matthias Wolf and
  • Christian Ramsauer
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

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...

(This article belongs to the Section Smart Manufacturing System Design)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,653 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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovations, Projects, Challenges and Changes in A Digital World)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,756 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...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,233 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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Optimization in Production, Logistics, Inventory, Supply Chain Management and Block Chain)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,995 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...

(This article belongs to the Collection Knowledge Management and Business Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
569 Views
22 Pages

The New Agile: A Collective Delivery Demand Matrix for Agile, High-Performance, and Dynamic Teams

  • Carlos Alberto Goncalves,
  • Mario S. T. Marques,
  • Felipe Alexandre S. F. Nunes,
  • Daniel Jardin Pardini and ,
  • Taciana de Barros Jeronimo and
  • Fernando A. M. C. D’Andrea
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

18 August 2026

This article proposes the Collective Delivery Demand Matrix (CDD Matrix), which repositions the New Agile as a correspondence property between collective delivery demands and teams’ operating regimes, aiming to form teams that are simultaneousl...

(This article belongs to the Section Strategic Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
7,994 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...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
269 Views
24 Pages

Agile Practices and Agility in Non-Software SMEs: A Systematic Literature Review

  • Agustín Olivares,
  • Paul Leger,
  • Natalia Araya Plaza,
  • Paulina Gutiérrez and ,
  • Cristian Morales and
  • Amir Karbassi Yazdi
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

4 October 2026

(1) Background: Research on non-software small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) uses agile to describe named management practices, related approaches such as Lean, and organizational capabilities. Conflating these constructs obscures what firms ac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
12,607 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 and ,
  • José Carlos Sá and
  • Luís Pinto Ferreira
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

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...

(This article belongs to the Collection New Frontiers in Production Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,029 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...

(This article belongs to the Section C2: Dynamical Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
8,352 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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability in People Management)
  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
9,161 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...

(This article belongs to the Collection Construction Management – Future Innovations, Methods, Techniques and Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,203 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
3 Citations
4,749 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
2 Citations
2,084 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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Business Analytics and Decision-Making: Models, Algorithms and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
9,500 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
25 Citations
27,449 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...

(This article belongs to the Topic Software Engineering and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
43,287 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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biomimetic Sensors, Actuators and Integrated Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
440 Views
54 Pages

Exploring the AHP-AgileITS-ArchDesign: An AHP Model and Tool for Evaluating IT Service Architectural Agile Designs in SMBs

  • Paola Yuritzy Reyes-Delgado,
  • Manuel Mora,
  • Gloria Phillips-Wren and
  • Gerardo Salazar-Salazar

The design of IT services—including the architectural design—is considered a core activity to obtain a cost-effective IT service. Consequently, the main extant IT service frameworks and standards—rigorous and lightweight-agile types...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Reviews on Data Analytics and Its Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
11,204 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...

(This article belongs to the Topic Software Engineering and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,392 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
15 Citations
6,586 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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Managing Complexity: A Practitioner's Guide)
  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,729 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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Gamma Ray Astrophysics and Future Perspectives)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,683 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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digitalized Economy, Society and Information Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,566 Views
15 Pages

Strategic Effectiveness of Agile Approaches: An Inter-Method Comparative Study

  • Gonca Gokce Menekse Dalveren,
  • Ismet Kizgin and
  • Mohammad Derawi

12 April 2026

Agile methodologies have become a dominant approach in contemporary software development due to their emphasis on adaptability, iterative delivery, and rapid feedback. However, variations in how agile practices are implemented, particularly in terms...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
13,131 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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Secure Software Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,577 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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Agile Approaches to Organizational Governance: Towards a Resilient and Sustainable System)
  • Article
  • Open Access
593 Views
11 Pages

Aperiodic Frequency-Agile Optoelectronic Hybrid Oscillator

  • Tong Yang,
  • Tengfei Hao,
  • Yiwen Lu,
  • Feifei Yin and ,
  • Kun Xu,
  • Ming Li and
  • Yitang Dai
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

In modern radar and electronic countermeasure systems, frequency-agile (FA) signal generators with low phase noise are of vital importance. The optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) is restricted by the periodic boundary condition (PBC), despite its superi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microwave Photonics: Integrated Technologies, Advanced Sensing, and Communications for 6G Era)
  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
10,261 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...

(This article belongs to the Section Social Economics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,041 Views
35 Pages

Agile Construction Digital Twin Engineering

  • Philipp Zech,
  • Alexandra Jäger,
  • Larissa Schneiderbauer,
  • Hans Exenberger and ,
  • Georg Fröch and
  • Matthias Flora
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Research on Intelligent Building Construction and Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
12,291 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...

(This article belongs to the Topic Software Engineering and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,888 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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Infrastructure Resilience in Emergency Situations)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,848 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
2,438 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...

(This article belongs to the Section Aerospace Science and Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,976 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...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
11,328 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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence for Advanced Engineering: Techniques, Methods, and Frameworks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
9,041 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
24 Citations
10,205 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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Creative Economy for Sustainable Development)
  • Hypothesis
  • Open Access
3,172 Views
29 Pages

24 September 2025

This study investigates how Development and Operations (DevOps) practices impact Project Management Office (PMO) governance within the technology sector of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It addresses the need for agile-aligned governance frameworks...

(This article belongs to the Topic Software Engineering and Applications)
  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,434 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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Human-Computer Interaction)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
7,208 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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Information for Business and Management–Software Development for Data Processing and Management)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,834 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...

(This article belongs to the Topic Software Engineering and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
9,362 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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Leadership and Management in the Health Care System)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,989 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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancing Project Management Through Digital Transformation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
9,387 Views
12 Pages

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

  • Sanjeet Singh,
  • Geetika Madaan,
  • Amrinder Singh,
  • Kiran Sood and ,
  • Simon Grima and
  • Ramona Rupeika-Apoga
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

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...

(This article belongs to the Section Financial Technology and Innovation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,850 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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Best Practices, Challenges and Opportunities in Software Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
8,615 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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optimization and Methodology in Software Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
10,261 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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optimization and Methodology in Software Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,379 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 and ,
  • Noureen Fatima,
  • Abdullah Hamoud Ali Seraj and
  • Jehad Abdallah Atieh Afaneh
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Role of Leadership in Fostering Positive Employee Relationships)

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