Publications

The Agile Research Network (ARN) publishes their work for academic and practitioner audiences. In this section we list our academic publications, blogs, and our practitioner-focused white papers.

2025

1. Obode, E., Gregory, P., Somerville, D. and Deshpande, A. (2025) Agile Coaching Research: A Systematic Mapping Study. In:, pp. 19--36.
2. Uwasomba, C., Deshpande, A., Sharp, H., Gregory, P., Willis, R., Barroca, L., Uwadi, M. and Taylor, K. (2025) Data-Driven Agility: Assessing Agile Culture Transformation in a Technology Organisation. Information and Software Technology, 183.
3. Choma, J., Sharp, H., Machado, L., Barroca, L., DeSouza, C. R. B. and Zaina, L. (2025) UX-work related needs in software startups: Diagnosis and resolution. Journal of Systems and Software, 230.

2024

1. Moh'd, S., Gregory, P., Sharp, H. and Barroca, L. (2024) Agile human resource management: A systematic mapping study. German Journal of Human Resource Management: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung, pp. (early access).
2. Sharp, H. (2024) Horizon scan from the ARN - A software engineering view of AI from ICSE 2024.
3. Sharp, H. (2024) The Human Side of Software Engineering: The view from CHASE 2024.
4. Uwadi, M. (2024) The Multi-Faceted Role of Middle Managers in Agile Software Teams: Insights from a Project Governance Perspective.
5. Moh'd, S. and Gregory, P. (2024) What is Agile HR? an Evolving Story.

2023

1. Moh'd, S. (2023) Agile Workforce: Attributes and Metrics.
2. Network, A. R. and Roper, D. (2023) Dealing with challenges and tensions during transformations to agility.
3. Gregory, P. (2023) Horizon scan from the ARN - Views and perspectives from XP2023.
4. Network, A. R. and Roper, D. (2023) How organisations transform to agility.
5. Deshpande, A. (2023) Reflections on strategic agility masterclass by the Agile Research Network.
6. Barroca, L. (2023) Sustaining Agile - A Research Perspective.
7. Barroca, L., Sharp, H., Deshpande, A., Gregory, P. and Papadeas, S. (2023) Sustaining Agility: Organizational Change, Factors and Theoretical Lenses. In:, Springer, Cham, pp. 115--131.

2022

1. Gregory, P., Strode, D., Sharp, H. and Barroca, L. (2022) An Onboarding Model for Integrating Newcomers into Agile Project Teams. Information and Software Technology, 143.
2. Deshpande, A. (2022) Horizon scan from the ARN - Views and perspectives from AIES 2022.
3. Uwadi, M., Gregory, P., Allison, I. and Sharp, H. (2022) Roles of Middle Managers in Agile Project Governance. In:.
4. Strode, D., Sharp, H., Barroca, L., Gregory, P. and Taylor, K. (2022) Tensions in Organisations Transforming to Agility. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 69(6), pp. 3572--3583.
5. Choma, J., Sharp, H., Barroca, L., De Souza, C., Machado, L. and Zaina, L. (2022) Towards a Pattern Language for improving UX work in Software Startups. In:, pp. (In Press).
6. Choma, J., Machado, L., de Souza, C. R. B., Sharp, H., Barroca, L. and Zaina, L. (2022) Towards Understanding How Software Startups Deal with UX from Customer and User Information. In: Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, Springer, Cham, pp. 287--303.

2021

1. Zaina, L. A. M., Sharp, H. and Barroca, L. (2021) UX information in the daily work of an agile team: A distributed cognition analysis. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 147.

2020

1. Sharp, H., Barroca, L., Strode, D., Gregory, P. and Taylor, K. (2020) A strategy-focused agile transformation: planning simultaneously 50 years ahead and 5 minutes ahead.
2. Gregory, P., Strode, D. E., AlQuaisi, R., Sharp, H. and Barroca, L. (2020) Onboarding: How Newcomers Integrate into an Agile Project Team. In:, Springer, pp. 20--36.
3. Gregory, P., Strode, D., Barroca, L., Sharp, H. and Taylor, K. (2020) Stakeholder Perceptions of IT Business Value in a Public Sector IT Digitalisation Project. In:.
4. Sharp, H. and Taylor, K. (2020) Strategy-Focused Agile Transformation: A Case Study. In:, Springer, pp. 164--172.

2019

1. Barroca, L., Sharp, H., Gregory, P., Taylor, K. and AlQaisi, R. (2019) An Agile District Council in the Making: A Behaviour-led Transformation.
2. Barroca, L., Sharp, H., Dingsøyr, T., Gregory, P., Taylor, K. and AlQaisi, R. (2019) Enterprise agility: A Balancing Act - a local government case study. In:, Springer, pp. 207--223.

2018

1. Karvonen, T., Sharp, H. and Barroca, L. (2018) Enterprise Agility: Why Is Transformation so Hard?. In:, Springer, pp. 131--145.
2. Deshpande, A., Sharp, H., Barroca, L., Gregory, P. and Taylor, K. (2018) Remote Working in Agile software development: distributed, dispersed and hybrid teams. The Agile Business Consortium.
3. Barroca, L., Gregory, P., Kuusinen, K., Sharp, H. and AlQaisi, R. (2018) Sustaining Agile Beyond Adoption. In: Proceedings - 44th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications: SEAA 2018, pp. 22--25.
4. Gregory, P., AlQaisi, R., Kuusinen, K., Taylor, K., Sharp, H. and Barroca, L. (2018) Value in a Digital Services Project.

2017

1. Kuusinen, K., Gregory, P., Sharp, H., Barroca, L. and Taylor, K. (2017) Knowledge Sharing in a Large Agile Organisation: a Survey Study. In:.

2016

1. Kuusinen, K., Gregory, P., Sharp, H., Barroca, L. and Taylor, K. (2016) Knowledge Sharing in a Large Agile Organisation.
2. Deshpande, A., Sharp, H., Barroca, L. and Gregory, P. (2016) Remote Working and Collaboration in Agile Teams. In:.
3. Sharp, H., Barroca, L., Deshpande, A., Gregory, P. and Taylor, K. (2016) Remote working in an Agile team.
4. Kuusinen, K., Gregory, P., Sharp, H. and Barroca, L. (2016) Strategies for doing Agile in a non-Agile Environment. In:, ACM.
5. Gregory, P., Barroca, L., Sharp, H., Deshpande, A. and Taylor, K. (2016) The challenges that challenge: Engaging with agile practitioners’ concerns. Information and Software Technology, 77, pp. 92--104.

2015

1. Gregory, P., Barroca, L., Taylor, K., Salah, D. and Sharp, H. (2015) Agile challenges in practice: a thematic analysis. In:.
2. Barroca, L., Sharp, H., Salah, D., Taylor, K. and Gregory, P. (2015) Bridging the gap between research and agile practice: an evolutionary model. International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, 9(2), pp. 323--334.
3. Sharp, H., Plonka, L., Gregory, P., Taylor, K. and Rowlands, M. (2015) DSDM and UX Design Pocketbook. The Agile Business Consortium.
4. Gregory, P., Taylor, K., Sharp, H., Barroca, L. and Salah, D. (2015) From Performance to Value: Measuring in Agile.

2014

1. Plonka, L., Sharp, H., Barroca, L., Salah, D., Gregory, P. and Taylor, K. (2014) Agile projects in a non-agile environment.
2. Sharp, H., Plonka, L., Gregory, P. and Taylor, K. (2014) Integrating UX design into a DSDM project: Challenges, work practices and lessons learned.
3. Plonka, L., Sharp, H., Gregory, P. and Taylor, K. (2014) UX design in agile: a DSDM case study. In:, Springer.