Abstract
This paper describes a survey of UK Further Education professionals in order to determine the uptake and use of Agile Methodologies. Thirty individuals, including directors, managers and developers, completed the survey. The results indicate a low level (<25%) of Agile adoption within the sector, and this mirrors findings in the wider public sector, despite there being a backdrop of reduced funding and government pressure towards carrying out Agile projects. Interestingly, where institutions have adopted Agile the level of impact measured shows little improvement over traditional processes. Despite the FE sector being a place where change and teamwork would find a natural home, the enthusiasm for Agile systems was also low in the respondents to this survey and given that these individuals were recruited from a mailing list for those interested in Agile, these results are particularly interesting.
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A Study into the Adoption of, and Enthusiasm for Agile Development Methodologies Within Further Education
This paper describes a survey of UK Further Education professionals in order to determine the uptake and use of Agile Methodologies. Thirty individuals, including directors, managers and developers, completed the survey. The results indicate a low level (<25%) of Agile adoption within the sector, and this mirrors findings in the wider public sector, despite there being a backdrop of reduced funding and government pressure towards carrying out Agile projects. Interestingly, where institutions have adopted Agile the level of impact measured shows little improvement over traditional processes. Despite the FE sector being a place where change and teamwork would find a natural home, the enthusiasm for Agile systems was also low in the respondents to this survey and given that these individuals were recruited from a mailing list for those interested in Agile, these results are particularly interesting.
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Harding, A. & Read, J. C. (2017). A Study into the Adoption of, and Enthusiasm for Agile Development Methodologies Within Further Education. In Paspallis, N., Raspopoulos, M. Barry, M. Lang, H. Linger, & C. Schneider (Eds.), Information Systems Development: Advances in Methods, Tools and Management (ISD2017 Proceedings). Larnaca, Cyprus: University of Central Lancashire Cyprus. ISBN: 978-9963-2288-3-6. http://aisel.aisnet.org/isd2014/proceedings2017/ISDMethodologies/1.