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Development Of a Measurement Instrument for Process Debt Detection in Agile Software Development Organizations
Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (starting 2013), Karlstad Business School (from 2013).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1512-6592
Karlstad University, Faculty of Health, Science and Technology (starting 2013), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (from 2013).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7885-0369
Gothenburg University, Sweden.
2024 (English)In: Harnessing Opportunities: reshaping isd in the post-covid-19 and generative ai era (isd2024 proceedings) / [ed] B. Marcinkowski, A. Przybylek, A. Jarzębowicz, N. Iivari, E. Insfran, M. Lang, H. Linger, & C. Schneider, Association for Information Systems, 2024, p. 1-8Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
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This paper explores the concept of Process Debt (PD) in Agile Software Development (ASD) organizations. Drawing on the analogy with Technical Debt, PD is defined as the challenges that emerge from suboptimal or outdated processes, which can significantly hinder an organization's adaptability and software delivery effectiveness. The study proposes a survey instrument, designed to measure various types of PD based on existing research and expert interviews. Five types of PD are identified and operationalized: Process Unsuitability Debt, Synchronization Debt, Roles Debt, (Process) Documentation Debt, and Infrastructure Debt. The instrument's reliability and validity are assessed through a multi-stage process, culminating in a field survey within two ASD organizations. The findings significantly contribute to our understanding of PD and provide the first version of a validated tool for researchers and practitioners to identify and measure PD in their organizations.

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Association for Information Systems, 2024. p. 1-8
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Process Debt, Technical Debt, Agile Software Development, Survey Instrument
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Software Engineering
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Computer Science; Information Systems
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-103619DOI: 10.62036/isd.2024.40ISBN: 978-83-972632-0-8 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-103619DiVA, id: diva2:1946754
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The 32nd International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD 2024), Gdańsk, Poland, August 26-28, 2024.
Available from: 2025-03-24 Created: 2025-03-24 Last updated: 2025-03-24Bibliographically approved

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