Using Factor Analysis to Generate Clusters of Agile Practices (A Guide for Agile Process Improvement)

Noura Abbas, A. Gravell, G. Wills
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In this paper, factor analysis is applied on a set of data that was collected to study the effectiveness of 58 different agile practices. The analysis extracted 15 factors, each was associated with a list of practices. These factors with the associated practices can be used as a guide for agile process improvement. Correlations between the extracted factors were calculated, and the significant correlation findings suggested that people who applied iterative and incremental development and quality assurance practices had a high success rate, that communication with the customer was not very popular as it had negative correlations with governance and iterative and incremental development. Also, people who applied governance practices also applied quality assurance practices. Interestingly success rate related negatively with traditional analysis methods such as Gantt chart and detailed requirements specification.
使用因子分析生成敏捷实践集群(敏捷过程改进指南)
在本文中,因子分析应用于一组收集的数据,以研究58种不同的敏捷实践的有效性。分析提取了15个因素,每个因素都与一系列实践相关联。这些因素和相关的实践可以作为敏捷过程改进的指南。提取的因素之间的相关性被计算出来,并且显著的相关性发现表明应用迭代和增量开发和质量保证实践的人有很高的成功率,与客户的沟通不是很受欢迎,因为它与治理和迭代和增量开发有负相关。同样,应用治理实践的人也应用质量保证实践。有趣的是,成功率与传统的分析方法(如甘特图和详细需求说明)呈负相关。
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