dc.contributor.author	Soundararajan, Shvetha	en
dc.contributor.committeechair	Arthur, James D.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Balci, Osman	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Tilevich, Eli	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Sheetz, Steven D.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Stevens, Kenneth T.	en
dc.contributor.department	Computer Science	en
dc.date.accessioned	2013-06-11T08:00:36Z	en
dc.date.available	2013-06-11T08:00:36Z	en
dc.date.issued	2013-06-10	en
dc.description.abstract	Agile methods provide an organization or a team with the flexibility to adopt a selected subset of principles and practices based on their culture, their values, and the types of systems that they develop. More specifically, every organization or team implements a customized agile method, tailored to better accommodate its needs. However, the extent to which a customized method supports the organizational objectives, i.e. the 'goodness' of that method, should be demonstrable. Existing agile assessment approaches focus on comparative analyses, or are limited in scope and application. In this research, we propose a systematic, comprehensive approach to assessing the 'goodness' of agile methods. We examine an agile method based on (1) its adequacy, (2) the capability of the organization to support the adopted principles and strategies specified by the method, and (3) the method's effectiveness. We propose the Objectives, Principles and Strategies (OPS) Framework to guide our assessment process. The Framework identifies (a) objectives of the agile philosophy, (b) principles that support the objectives and (c) strategies that implement the principles. It also defines (d) linkages that relate objectives to principles, and principles to strategies, and finally, (e) indicators for assessing the extent to which an organization supports the implementation and effectiveness of those strategies. The propagation of indicator values along the linkages provides a multi-level assessment view of the agile method. In this dissertation, we present our assessment methodology, guiding Framework, validation approach, results and findings, and future directions.	en
dc.description.degree	Ph. D.	en
dc.format.medium	ETD	en
dc.identifier.other	vt_gsexam:1070	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/23195	en
dc.publisher	Virginia Tech	en
dc.rights	In Copyright	en
dc.rights.uri	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/	en
dc.subject	Agile Assessment	en
dc.subject	Adequacy	en
dc.subject	Capability	en
dc.subject	Effectiveness	en
dc.subject	Objectives	en
dc.subject	Principles	en
dc.subject	Strategies	en
dc.subject	Indicators	en
dc.title	Assessing Agile Methods: Investigating Adequacy, Capability, and Effectiveness (An Objectives, Principles, Strategies Approach)	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
thesis.degree.discipline	Computer Science and Applications	en
thesis.degree.grantor	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	en
thesis.degree.level	doctoral	en
thesis.degree.name	Ph. D.	en

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