Location
Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii
Event Website
https://hicss.hawaii.edu/
Start Date
3-1-2024 12:00 AM
End Date
6-1-2024 12:00 AM
Description
Startup companies, by nature, operate under extreme uncertainty and tremendous time constraints to offer a marketable product or service. With limited resources, lack of organizational and operational structures and high competition, it is not surprising that not all startups survive. Startups need to advance their business strategies to guarantee viability. Agile software development methods act as an enabler for startups to quickly respond to changes with their iterative work cycles and continuous feedback loops. This paper aims to answer this question: How to align agile software development method with business strategy in startup companies? Five case studies were done in Swedish startups through semi-structured interviews. The results demonstrated that selecting an agile software development method usually occurs implicitly and most startup companies use innovation to distinguish their products. Finally, we present a list of guidelines on how to align agile software development method with the business strategy in startups.
Recommended Citation
Aasi, Parisa; Berggren-Lagercrantz, Leslie; and Kökmen, Huseyin, "Business Strategy and Agile Software Development Methods Alignment in Startup Companies: Cases of Five Swedish Startups" (2024). Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2024 (HICSS-57). 6.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/hicss-57/os/it_governance/6
Business Strategy and Agile Software Development Methods Alignment in Startup Companies: Cases of Five Swedish Startups
Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii
Startup companies, by nature, operate under extreme uncertainty and tremendous time constraints to offer a marketable product or service. With limited resources, lack of organizational and operational structures and high competition, it is not surprising that not all startups survive. Startups need to advance their business strategies to guarantee viability. Agile software development methods act as an enabler for startups to quickly respond to changes with their iterative work cycles and continuous feedback loops. This paper aims to answer this question: How to align agile software development method with business strategy in startup companies? Five case studies were done in Swedish startups through semi-structured interviews. The results demonstrated that selecting an agile software development method usually occurs implicitly and most startup companies use innovation to distinguish their products. Finally, we present a list of guidelines on how to align agile software development method with the business strategy in startups.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/hicss-57/os/it_governance/6