Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming: 25th International Conference on Agile Software Development, XP 2024, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy, June 4-7, 2024, Proceedings

Preface Organization Contents Agile at Scale Investigating Communities of Practice in Large-Scale Agile Software Development: An Interview Study 1 Introduction 2 Background and Related Work 3 Methodology 4 Results 4.1 Context 4.2 Reasons for Establishing CoPs 4.3 Characteristics of the Established CoPs 5 Discussion 5.1 Key Findings 5.2 Limitations 6 Conclusion and Future Work References Slack Use in Large-Scale Agile Organizations: ESN Tools as Catalysts for Alignment? 1 Introduction 2 Background 2.1 Large-Scale Agile Development in Public Sector Organizations 2.2 Communication in Agile Software Development 2.3 ESN Tools 3 Methods and Study Design 3.1 Data Collection 3.2 Data Analysis 4 Results 4.1 Communication Transparency 4.2 Communication Quality 4.3 Communication Discipline 5 Discussion 6 Conclusion and Further Work References Coordination in Agile Product Areas: A Case Study from a Large FinTech Organization 1 Introduction 2 Background 2.1 Organizing Large-Scale Agile Software Development into Product Areas 2.2 Frameworks for Understanding Coordination in Large-Scale Agile 3 Research Method 3.1 Case Description 3.2 Data Collection 3.3 Data Analysis 4 Findings 4.1 Organizing Teams in Product Areas 4.2 Product Area Coordination Meetings 4.3 Product Area Coordination Roles 4.4 Coordination Tools and Artefacts in the Product Area. 5 Discussion 5.1 Product Areas as a Distinct Organizational Level 5.2 The Team Typology of Product Areas 5.3 Pull Requests and Pair Programming as Coordination Mechanisms 5.4 Practical Implications 5.5 Evaluation of Limitations and Research Quality 6 Future Research and Concluding Remarks References Software Product Management in Large-Scale Agile 1 Introduction 2 Background 2.1 Large-Scale Agile and Product Management 2.2 Challenges with Software Product Management 3 Research Method 3.1 Case Description 3.2 Data Collection 3.3 Data Analysis 4 Findings 4.1 Software Product Management in DNB 4.2 Challenges with SPM in Large-Scale Agile Organizations 4.3 Product Management Configurations 5 Discussion 5.1 SPM Challenges in Large-Scale Agile Organizations 5.2 SPM Configurations in Large-Scale Agile Organizations 5.3 Practical Implications 6 Concluding Remarks and Future Research References Investigating Effort Estimation in a Large-Scale Agile ERP Transformation Program 1 Introduction 2 Background and Related Work 3 Methodology 4 Results 4.1 Context 4.2 Effort Estimation Process 4.3 Effort Estimation Challenges 4.4 Propositions to Mitigate Effort Estimation Challenges 4.5 Evaluation of the Proposed Mitigations 5 Discussion 5.1 Key Findings 5.2 Limitations 6 Conclusion and Future Work References Value and Quality in Agile The Current State of Operationalizing Value by Dutch Product Owners in Agile Software Development 1 Introduction 2 Related Work 3 Research Method 4 Results 4.1 RQ1: How Do Product Owners Determine the Most Valuable Backlog Items? 4.2 RQ2: How Do Product Owners Refine Business Value? 4.3 RQ3: How Do Product Owners Validate Business Value Delivery? 4.4 RQ4: How Do Product Owners Measure Business Value Delivery? 4.5 Main Question: How Do Product Owners Operationalize Business Value Delivery with Their Agile Software Development Teams? 5 Validity Threats 6 Discussing Research Questions and Future Research 7 Conclusion References Impact of the Kanban Maturity Model on a Team's Agile Transformation: Tripling Throughput and Elevating Quality in Three Months 1 Introduction and Related Works 2 Method and Setting 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions and Future Work References LLM-Based Agents for Automating the Enhancement of User Story Quality: An Early Report 1 Introduction 2 User Story Quality 3 Implementing an Autonomous LLM-Based Agent System (ALAS) 4 Experiments 4.1 Setting up Experiments 4.2 Evaluation 5 Results 6 Discussion 7 Conclusion References People and Teams in Agile Comparing Stability and Sustainability in Agile Systems 1 Introduction 2 Background 2.1 Measuring Stable and Sustainable Agile Work 2.2 Assessing the Waste of Inventory/Partially Started Work 3 Research Approach 3.1 Analysing the Closed Project Jira Dataset 3.2 Calculating the Stability Metric (Ψ) 3.3 Calculating the Inventory Days (ID) 3.4 Calculating the Unsustainable Hours Percentages 4 Results 4.1 Stability Metric and Inventory Days 4.2 PBI Creation and Resolution Distributions 4.3 Stability Metric, Inventory Days, and Unsustainable Hours 5 Discussion 6 Limitations 7 Conclusion References Onboarding for an Agile Software Development Company 1 Introduction 2 Background 2.1 Onboarding 2.2 Theoretical Background 2.3 Previous Research on Onboarding Within Software Development Companies 2.4 How to be Efficient When Onboarding People in an Agile Setting? 3 Research Method 3.1 Research Objectives 3.2 Case Organization and Their Research Premise 3.3 Scope and Perspective of the Study 3.4 Data Collection 4 Results 4.1 RQ1: What Are the Experienced Challenges When Onboarding New Employees into an Agile team? 4.2 RQ2: Which Practices Support Onboarding New Employees into an Agile Team? 4.3 RQ3: How to Improve the Onboarding Process for Agile Teams Within A company? 5 Discussion and Conclusions References Exploring Human-AI Collaboration in Agile: Customised LLM Meeting Assistants 1 Introduction 2 Related Work 2.1 Adapting Agile Practices to Companies 2.2 Generative AI in Software Engineering 2.3 Prompt Engineering 3 Research Design 3.1 Context 3.2 Action 3.3 Data Collection and Analysis 4 Execution and Results 4.1 Preparations with the Agile Release Train Coach Assistant 4.2 Real-Time Assistance by the Scrum Team Assistant Tool 5 Discussion of the Implications 5.1 Recommendations for Company and Teams: Readiness Assessment 5.2 Threats to Validity 6 Conclusion 6.1 Future Work References The Role of Team Composition in Agile Software Development Education: A Gendered Perspective 1 Introduction 2 Background 2.1 Diversity in Software Development Teams 2.2 Teamwork Quality 2.3 Kanter's Tokenism Theory 3 Methodology 3.1 Context 3.2 Data Collection and Analysis 4 Results 4.1 Team Compositions and Ambition Levels Based on Pre-survey 4.2 Agile Ways of Working and Gender 4.3 Gender Differences in Primary Work Functions of Team Members 4.4 Impact of Gender Composition on Team Dynamics 5 Discussion 5.1 Limitations 6 Conclusion References Author Index