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Towards the statistical construction of hybrid development methods

  • Hardly any software development process is used as prescribed by authors or standards. Regardless of company size or industry sector, a majority of project teams and companies use hybrid development methods (short: hybrid methods) that combine different development methods and practices. Even though such hybrid methods are highly individualized, a common understanding of how to systematically construct synergetic practices is missing. In this article, we make a first step towards a statistical construction procedure for hybrid methods. Grounded in 1467 data points from a large‐scale practitioner survey, we study the question: What are hybrid methods made of and how can they be systematically constructed? Our findings show that only eight methods and few practices build the core of modern software development. Using an 85% agreement level in the participants' selections, we provide examples illustrating how hybrid methods can be characterized by the practices they are made of. Furthermore, using this characterization, we develop an initial construction procedure, which allows for defining a method frame and enriching it incrementally to devise a hybrid method using ranked sets of practice.

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Author of HS ReutlingenMünch, Jürgen
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/smr.2315
ISSN:2047-7473
eISSN:2047-7481
Erschienen in:Journal of Software : Evolution and Process
Publisher:Wiley
Place of publication:New York
Document Type:Journal article
Language:English
Publication year:2020
Tag:hybrid methods; software development; software process; survey research
Volume:33
Issue:1
Page Number:20
First Page:1
Last Page:20
Article Number:e2315
DDC classes:004 Informatik
Open access?:Nein
Licence (German):License Logo  In Copyright - Urheberrechtlich geschützt