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Dysfunctional Agile–Stage-Gate Hybrid Development: Keeping Up Appearances

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  • Bob Walrave

    (Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands)

  • Sharon Dolmans

    (Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands)

  • Kim E. van Oorschot

    (��BI Norwegian Business School, Department of Accounting and Operations Management, Oslo, Norway)

  • Arno L. P. Nuijten

    (��Open Universiteit, Department of Management Science and Technology, Heerlen, The Netherlands¶Erasmus University, Erasmus School of Accounting and Assurance, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

  • Mark Keil

    (�Georgia State University, Department of Computer Information Systems, Atlanta, USA)

  • Stefan van Hellemond

    (Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands)

Abstract

Increasingly, the development of today’s “smart†products requires the integration of both software and hardware in embedded systems. To develop these, hardware firms typically enlist the expertise of software development firms to offer integrated solutions. While hardware firms often work according to a plan-driven approach, software development firms draw on Agile development methods. Interestingly, empirically little is known about the implications and consequences of working according to contrasting development methods in a collaborative project. In response to this research gap, we conducted a process study of a collaborative development project involving a software firm and a hardware firm, within which the two firms worked according to contrasting development methods. We found that the software firm was gradually compelled to forgo its Agile method, creating a role conflict in terms of its way of working. As such, our results contribute to the literature on Agile–Stage-Gate hybrids by demonstrating how, in collaborative embedded systems development, hybridization of development methods may cause projects to fail. Our main practical implication entails the introduction of the “sequential Agile approach.â€

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  • Bob Walrave & Sharon Dolmans & Kim E. van Oorschot & Arno L. P. Nuijten & Mark Keil & Stefan van Hellemond, 2022. "Dysfunctional Agile–Stage-Gate Hybrid Development: Keeping Up Appearances," International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 19(03), pages 1-26, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijitmx:v:19:y:2022:i:03:n:s0219877022400041
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219877022400041
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