Context There continues to be concern that research is not addressing the challenges that
practice faces. For the benefit of academia and industry, researchers need to be aware of …

The combination of Agile methods and distributed software development via remote teams
represents an emerging approach to address the challenges such as late feedback, slow …

As agile is maturing and becoming more widely adopted, it is important that researchers are
aware of the challenges faced by practitioners and organisations. We undertook a thematic …

FinTech companies are challenging established financial institutions' dominance by offering
the same products with a superior customer experience and delivering new features faster …

There is wide acceptance in the software engineering field that industry and research can
gain significantly from each other and there have been several initiatives to encourage …

A large shift towards the use of agile software development in different industrial sectors is
evident nowadays. Financial institutions are not unfamiliar with this tendency since they …

Purpose This research aims to examine the challenges of recruiting participatory action
research (PAR) in managing innovation projects. An enhanced methodology based on PAR …

We report an action research-oriented approach to investigating agile project management
methods which aims to bridge the gap between academic research and agile practice. We …

Abstract" Oh yeah, we're an Agile shop, we gave up Waterfall years ago."-product owners,
managers, or could be anyone else. You will seldom have a conversation with a product or …

Virtual projects are becoming common with global competition, market development, and
not least the financial crisis forcing organizations to reduce their costs drastically …