Assessing the knowledge and use of agile methods: A case study in 15 SMEs of Mexico

Abstract

Technological growth is driven by competition and global changes in different organizational aspects, which causes companies dedicated to software development to seek to achieve efficiency in their processes with lower costs. In this context, organizations are more interested in being more competitive, faster, and closer to their customers. Therefore, they prefer the use of agile methods to achieve these goals. This article provides the results of a case study on a group of SMEs in Mexico, which uses a tool that implements an agile assessment method to find out their level of implementation of agile methods. Finally, the case study results showed that companies continue to produce software empirically and require tools to guide the correct use of agile methods.