Browsing Enterprise Agility (Scholarly Articles) by Author "Conboy, Kieran"
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Agility from first principles: reconstructing the concept of agility in information systems development
Conboy, Kieran (Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS), 2009-09)Awareness and use of agile methods has grown rapidly among the information systems development (ISD) community in recent years. Like most previous methods, the development and promotion of these methods have been almost ... -
Building a dolmen: an ISD approach to the management of innovation
Costello, Gabriel; Conboy, Kieran; Donnellan, Brian (Springer, 2008-10-24)This paper addresses a ¿challenge in practice¿ by describing the initial stage of an information systems development (ISD) project to support the management of innovation within a subsidiary of APC-MGE. To begin with, a ... -
A Delphi study on collaborative learning in distance education: The faculty perspective
O'Neill, Susan; Scott, Murray; Conboy, Kieran (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010-09-21)This paper focuses on the factors which influence collaborative learning in distance education. Distance education has been around for many years and the use of collaborative learning techniques in distance education is ... -
Future research in agile systems development: applying open innovation principles within the agile organisation
Conboy, Kieran; Morgan, Lorraine (Springer Verlag, 2010)A particular strength of agile approaches is that they move away from 'introverted' development and intimately involve the customer in all areas of development, supposedly leading to the development of a more innovative ... -
'Lots Done, More To Do': the Current State of Agile Systems Development Research
Abrahamsson, Pekka; Conboy, Kieran; Wang, Xiaofeng (2009) -
People over process: key people challenges in agile development
Coyle, Sharon; Conboy, Kieran (IEEE, 2010-09-02)There is a common perception that, while there may be some 'teething' problems experienced during the initial transition to agile, people are much happier, engaged and ultimately more productive in these environments. ... -
Project failure en masse: a study of loose budgetary control in ISD projects
Conboy, Kieran (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010-05-18)This paper investigates the tightness of budgetary control over projects in a large systems development multinational. This represents a case of extreme information systems development (ISD) failure en masse, where all but ... -
The role of the user story agile practice in innovation
O hEocha, Colm; Conboy, Kieran (Springer, 2010-10)The concept of an innovation space where different knowledge and perspectives can interact leading to innovation is central to lean thinking. The SECI framework of organizational knowledge creation identifies five enabling ... -
Where agile research goes: starting from a 7-year retrospective (report on agile research workshop at XP2009)
Wang, Xiaofeng; Lane, Michael; Conboy, Kieran; Pikkarainen, Minna (2009)This report summarizes the key findings from a workshop at the 10th International Conference on Agile Processes and eXtreme Programming in Software Engineering (XP2009) called "Agile Research" A 7-Year Retrospective", ...