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Learning in the Large - An Exploratory Study of Retrospectives in Large-Scale Agile Development

Abstract

Many see retrospectives as the most important practice of agile software development. Previous studies of retrospectives have focused on pro- cess and outcome at team level. In this article, we study how a large-scale agile development project uses retrospectives through an analysis of retrospective reports identifying a total of 109 issues and 36 action items as a part of a longitudinal case study. We find that most of the issues identified relate to team-level learning and improvement, and discuss these findings in relation to current advice to improve learning outcome in large-scale agile development.
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Category

Academic chapter

Language

English

Author(s)

  • Torgeir Dingsøyr
  • Marius Mikalsen
  • Anniken Solem
  • Kathrine Vestues

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Digital / Software Engineering, Safety and Security
  • SINTEF Digital / Technology Management
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Year

2018

Publisher

Springer

Book

Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming, 19th International Conference, XP 2018, Proceedings

ISBN

9783319916019

Page(s)

191 - 198

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