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Agile Governance Theory: conceptual development

Software Engineering 2015-05-26 v1

Abstract

Context: Competitiveness is the key to a sustainable development and it demands agility at the business and organizational levels, which in turn requires a flexible and customizable IT environment and effective and responsive governance in order to deliver value to the business. Objective: This paper describes the conceptual development of a theory for analyze and describe agile governance in order to increasing the success rate of their practice, achieving organizational performance and business competitiveness. Method: We adopt a multi-method research, framing the theory conceptual development using Dubin's method of theory building. Results: We have developed a conceptual framework of the theory encompassing its constructs, laws of interaction, boundaries and system states. Conclusion: This theory can provide a better understanding of the nature of agile governance, by mapping of its constructs, mediators, moderators and disturbing factors, in order to help organizations reach better results.

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@article{arxiv.1505.06701,
  title  = {Agile Governance Theory: conceptual development},
  author = {Alexandre J. H. de O. Luna and Philippe Kruchten and Hermano P. de Moura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.06701},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

Conference Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Management of Technology and Information Systems, 22 pages, 8 figures. In 12th International Conference on Management of Technology and Information Systems. Sao Paulo: FEA-USP

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