Adoção de métodos ágeis nos órgãos e empresas públicas localizadas no estado de Pernambuco

Abstract

In 2021, the Agile Manifesto completed 20 years and, throughout this period, both private and public companies and academic entities have been trying to understand the benefits and limitations in the use of agile methodologies in software development. Worldwide there are researches where some data about agile methods and their level of adoption are presented, however, we know little about how public agencies and companies are adopting and adapting agile methods in software development. In order to understand this issue, a survey was designed to raise the stage of adoption and adaptation of agile methods, an empirical study was carried out on the adoption of agile methods in software development in public agencies and companies located in the State of Pernambuco. This study includes reviewing the literature in the area and sending a questionnaire to various public agencies and companies. This work provided the realization that agile methods can be used by public agencies and companies. In it we can identify: the position that the respondent occupies; the level of exposure to agile methods; the time of experience with agile methods; the size of the team that the respondent works on; the percentage of projects that use agile methods; the length of experience of the agency or public company with the agile methodology; the most important reasons for adopting agile methods; the most used agile methods; the perception of the speed of the projects with the use of agile methods; the biggest concerns in the adoption of agile methods; the main defenders of agile methods; main supporters in the adoption of the agile methodology; the main barriers encountered for the adoption of agile methods; the main benefits obtained from the adoption; the main causes of failure (failure) in agile projects and the main agile practices adopted in organizations. This work does not propose any recommendations, however, the results can be used as a tool to explore the state of the practice of agile methods in public agencies and companies in the State of Pernambuco.