Annals of Computer Science and Information Systems, Volume 18

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15439/2019F198

Citation: Proceedings of the 2019 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, M. Ganzha, L. Maciaszek, M. Paprzycki (eds). ACSIS, Vol. 18, pages 841–849 (2019)

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Abstract. In this paper we present the results of an opinion survey among 52 agile practitioners who evaluated the importance of 26 selected elements of the agile mindset to the effectiveness of an agile team. In total, we have identified 70 unique agile mindset elements based on 11 literature sources and 5 interviews with industry experts. 7 elements belonged to the ``support for business goals'' category, 20 to the ``relationships within the team'' category, 24 to the ``individual features'' category, and 19 to the ``organization of work'' category. Our survey shows the relative importance of the selected 26 agile mindset elements according to our respondents which is not fully consistent with the principles behind the Agile Manifesto.

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