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Non- Technical Aspects of Technical Debt in the Context of Large-Scale Agile Development: A Qualitative Study
Karlstad University, Faculty of Health, Science and Technology (starting 2013), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (from 2013).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7885-0369
Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (starting 2013), Karlstad Business School (from 2013).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1512-6592
University of Novi Sad, Serbia.
University of Novi Sad,Serbia.
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2024 (English)In: Proceedings-50th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2024, p. 260-267Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Scaling agile approaches in large company context is prone to technical debt due to large number of teams of different size, level of expertise and their need for management and communication. The goal of this study is to investigate the phenomenon of non-technical debt related issues in the context of large-scale agile software development. To achieve this goal, eleven experts from two multinational companies were inter-viewed as part of the the case study. The analysis results revealed four non-technical aspects of technical debt that are present in large-scale agile context. These are people, social, documentation and process debt aspects. Furthermore, the findings suggest that lack of communication, collaboration and cooperation are the key contributors to identified debt aspects, and that many of the causes for debts are stemming from a culture of not developing rules, protocols, or guidelines. Implementing ground rules to improve quality seems to mitigate several of the identified debt types.

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2024. p. 260-267
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Agile, Large scale, Technical debt, Process debt, Social debt
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Software Engineering
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Computer Science; Information Systems
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-103618DOI: 10.1109/seaa64295.2024.00048ISI: 001413352200038Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85216714583ISBN: 979-8-3503-8027-9 (print)ISBN: 979-8-3503-8026-2 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-103618DiVA, id: diva2:1946753
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50th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA),Paris, France, August 28-30, 2024.
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Knowledge Foundation, 20200253Available from: 2025-03-24 Created: 2025-03-24 Last updated: 2025-04-11Bibliographically approved

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