TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring the Role of Project Management in the Development of the Academic Agile Software Discourse
T2 - A Bibliometric Analysis
AU - Lechler, Thomas G.
AU - Yang, Siwen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Project Management Institute, Inc.
PY - 2017/2/1
Y1 - 2017/2/1
N2 - The practical applications of agile methods and their impact on the productivity and efficiency of software development dominate the agile literature. We analyzed 827 academic articles with bibliometric techniques to explore the role project management research played in the development of the academic agile discourse. Bibliometric analyses over two time periods reveal that project management–related topics form a distinct stream of research in the second time period but not in the first. Furthermore, our results reveal that the academic agile discussion has been mainly unidirectional. This situation offers many opportunities for project management researchers to contribute to the agile discourse.
AB - The practical applications of agile methods and their impact on the productivity and efficiency of software development dominate the agile literature. We analyzed 827 academic articles with bibliometric techniques to explore the role project management research played in the development of the academic agile discourse. Bibliometric analyses over two time periods reveal that project management–related topics form a distinct stream of research in the second time period but not in the first. Furthermore, our results reveal that the academic agile discussion has been mainly unidirectional. This situation offers many opportunities for project management researchers to contribute to the agile discourse.
KW - Scrum
KW - agile software development
KW - co-citation analysis
KW - projects
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U2 - 10.1177/875697281704800101
DO - 10.1177/875697281704800101
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85053499246
SN - 8756-9728
VL - 48
SP - 3
EP - 18
JO - Project Management Journal
JF - Project Management Journal
IS - 1
ER -