A SENSE-MAKING APPROACH TO AGILE METHOD ADOPTION

Ian Owens, Dave Sammon, John McAvoy

2008

Abstract

As is often argued in the diffusion of innovation literature, the adoption of innovations can be hindered by the learning required to successfully deploy the technology or methodology. This paper reports on a research in progress to develop a novel approach to Agile method adoption and introduces the use of sense-making workshops to facilitate improved understanding of the issues concerning Agile adoption.

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in Harvard Style

Owens I., Sammon D. and McAvoy J. (2008). A SENSE-MAKING APPROACH TO AGILE METHOD ADOPTION . In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 3: ICSOFT, ISBN 978-989-8111-53-1, pages 292-295. DOI: 10.5220/0001888402920295


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsoft08,
author={Ian Owens and Dave Sammon and John McAvoy},
title={A SENSE-MAKING APPROACH TO AGILE METHOD ADOPTION},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 3: ICSOFT,},
year={2008},
pages={292-295},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001888402920295},
isbn={978-989-8111-53-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 3: ICSOFT,
TI - A SENSE-MAKING APPROACH TO AGILE METHOD ADOPTION
SN - 978-989-8111-53-1
AU - Owens I.
AU - Sammon D.
AU - McAvoy J.
PY - 2008
SP - 292
EP - 295
DO - 10.5220/0001888402920295