Information and Communication and their Impact on Productivity Determinants of XFTs in a Large-Scale Agile Environment: a Case Study

Abstract

Agile software development has been put forward in response to the industry's need to embrace and adjust to change quicker to be able to deliver higher business value. Even though agile's practices have been originally de ned for small, single-product companies, their successful implementations have lead to it being recognised by large multi-site and product corporations. Transitioning towards agile and a new work environment embodies challenges of di erent natures, especially for large-scale organisations. This thesis presents a case study performed at Ericsson AB where the challenges related to information and communication ow within a large-scale agile organisation are investigated. The findings are then put into organisational contextand related to the productivity determinants of Cross Functional Teams (XFTs)