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June 5, 2023
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Organizational Type Mismatch in Agile SMEs

Publicated to: IT Professional. 25 (2): 71-76 - 2023-04-01 25(2), DOI: 10.1109/mitp.2023.3244409

Authors:

Henriquez, Valeria; Moreno, Ana M; Calvo-Manzano, Jose A; Feliu, Tomas San; Scheihing, Eliana
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Affiliations

Univ Austral Chile, Valdivia 5111187, Chile - Author
Univ Politcn Madrid, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
Universidad Austral de Chile - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid , Universidad Austral de Chile - Author
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Abstract

Organizational type mismatch occurs when organizations use traditional approaches to govern agile teams. It has harmful effects on organizational performance and team morale. This article explores this phenomenon at agile software development small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In particular, we aimed to evaluate the importance, frequency, and agility level of governance practices in this context. To do this, we developed a survey underpinned by CMMI-DEV V2.0 governance practices. We collected information from 50 practitioners working at 39 agile SMEs from 12 countries. Our quantitative and qualitative analysis shows that most of the surveyed agile SMEs consider that governance practices are important. However, only a few frequently implement such practices, and those that do fail to adopt an agile approach. These results suggest that agile SMEs are also prone to organizational type mismatch. We provide some recommendations to address this issue.
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Keywords

agile software developmentguidelinesorganizationsStrengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development goalsSurveys

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal IT Professional due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2023, it was in position 59/132, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Computer Science, Software Engineering. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Hardware and Architecture.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-27:

  • Google Scholar: 5
  • WoS: 3
  • Scopus: 3
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Impact and social visibility

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/89212/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 161
  • Downloads: 22
Continuing with the social impact of the work, it is important to emphasize that, due to its content, it can be assigned to the area of interest of ODS 17 - Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, with a probability of 46% according to the mBERT algorithm developed by Aurora University.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Chile.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (HENRIQUEZ NORAMBUENA, VALERIA) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been HENRIQUEZ NORAMBUENA, VALERIA.

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Project objectives

La aportación persigue los siguientes objetivos: analizar el fenómeno del desajuste organizacional en pymes ágiles de desarrollo de software; evaluar la importancia, frecuencia y nivel de agilidad de las prácticas de gobernanza en este contexto; caracterizar la implementación de prácticas de gobernanza basadas en CMMI-DEV V2.0 mediante un estudio cuantitativo y cualitativo; determinar la percepción de 50 profesionales de 39 pymes ágiles de 12 países sobre dichas prácticas; identificar la prevalencia del desajuste organizacional en las pymes ágiles; y proponer recomendaciones para mitigar este problema, contribuyendo así a mejorar el rendimiento organizacional y la moral de los equipos.
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Most relevant results

El estudio aborda el fenómeno del desajuste organizacional en pymes ágiles, evaluando la importancia, frecuencia y nivel de agilidad en las prácticas de gobernanza. Los resultados principales son: (1) la mayoría de las 39 pymes ágiles encuestadas consideran importantes las prácticas de gobernanza; (2) solo unas pocas implementan estas prácticas con frecuencia; (3) las prácticas adoptadas no siguen un enfoque ágil; (4) se confirma la presencia del desajuste organizacional en pymes ágiles; y (5) se ofrecen recomendaciones para mitigar este problema. La muestra incluyó 50 profesionales de 12 países, y el análisis se basó en la encuesta fundamentada en CMMI-DEV V2.0.
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