Thematic analysis and development of a conceptual framework for agile meetings' problems

Abstract

For Agile methodologies, it is extremely important to have a well-established communication system. In addition to the daily meetings of the project team members, there are also meetings before the start and after the end of each development cycle, when the client needs to express his opinion, proposals, and suggestions based on the delivered part of the product. Due to the great importance of having meetings, it is necessary to analyze the problems related to meetings. In this paper, inductive thematic analysis of the data obtained through a systematic review of the literature was carried out. The analysis was carried out using the software tool QDA Miner Lite by creating codes to determine the themes that represent problems in Agile meetings. Through thematic analysis, we want to show which problems occur at meetings in an Agile environment. Finally, we develop and present a conceptual framework encompassing the problems found in Agile meetings. This literature review offers a conceptual framework with identified key themes found in the literature: Meetings last too long, information is not shared with all team members, negative attitudes toward meetings, and less time is spent on tasks. The conceptual framework aims to help researchers and industry practitioners by presenting the issues. Developing a conceptual framework is important because if the problems presented in the mentioned framework are noticed in time, we believe that it is possible to intervene in time and solve a certain problem, which would increase the efficiency of work. Researchers can see how to create a conceptual framework based on the thematic analysis of data as well as extend this conceptual framework with more problems that may potentially arise. Based on the research findings, we discuss research implications and propose directions for future research.