Ghobadi, S and Mathiassen, L (2017) Risks to Effective Knowledge Sharing in Agile Software Teams: A Model for Assessing and Mitigating Risks. Information Systems Journal, 27 (6). pp. 699-731. ISSN 1350-1917
Abstract
We present an empirically grounded and theoretically informed model for the assessment and mitigation of risks to effective knowledge sharing in agile development. The model is anchored in empirical insights from four agile projects across two software companies and in extant research on risk‐strategy analysis and knowledge sharing in software development. We develop the model as part of the long‐standing tradition of presenting risk management models dedicated to specific issues in software development and confirm its practical usefulness in one of the software companies studied. The model offers concepts and processes to assess a project's knowledge sharing risk profile and articulate an overall resolution strategy plan to mitigate the risks. The results highlight how different knowledge sharing risk management profiles can lead to different project performance outcomes. We conclude with a discussion of research opportunities that the results offer software development scholarship.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Ghobadi, S., and Mathiassen, L. ( 2017) Risks to Effective Knowledge Sharing in Agile Software Teams: A Model for Assessing and Mitigating Risks. Info Systems J, 27: 699– 731, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/isj.12117. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | agile; software development; knowledge sharing; risk management; qualitative research; grounded theory |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Management Division (LUBS) (Leeds) > Logistics, Info, Ops and Networks (LION) (LUBS) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 09 Apr 2019 15:06 |
Last Modified: | 07 Feb 2020 03:49 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/isj.12117 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:144697 |