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This paper focuses on addressing the question of how agile are agile methods. To do
this I synthesize seven general features of agility, drawing on management and
sociology disciplines, into a framework, to act as a ‘gold standard’ by which to compare
agile methods. I found that agile methods did not entirely measure up to this framework
and that they were lacking in terms of (i) survival, (ii) prospering or thriving on change,
and (iii) being able to regulate and leverage emotions in action responses to change.
This paper offers: (i) a framework for assessing agility in software development, (ii) the
elucidation of a knowledge gap in agile methods with respect to emotion, and, (iii) a
conceptualization that reveals the need to incorporate emotional regulation and leverage
into assessments of agility.
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- Business and Economics
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- Business
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STACEY, P.K., 2014. Its time to act: understanding and assessing agility in information systems development. Lancaster University Management School, Working Paper 2014:7Publisher
Lancaster University Management School (© Dr. Patrick K Stacey)Version
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