A influência das capabilidades em big data analytics na relação entre o desenvolvimento ágil e o desempenho em projetos de softwares

Abstract

Agile practices have been intensively applied in software project management. In conjunction with these agile practices, software project processes have been and continue to be greatly impacted by the growing demand of companies to develop BDAC (Big Data Analytics Capabilities). In this sense, the objective of the research was to describe the relationship between agile software development and agile project performance, and how the presence of BDA capabilities might influence this relationship. The study initially involved a systematic review of the literature in order to select, evaluate, and describe studies that investigated the relationship between these three variables. Quantitative research was then conducted through a survey with professionals in software development teams to investigate the effects of agile practices on the performance of software development projects and to test possible moderating or mediating effects of analytical skills in big data on this relationship. The results indicated that agile practices have a positive and statistically significant impact on project performance, and that companies are increasingly using analytical tools during the software development process. However, despite this growing use, it was not possible to attest the moderating or mediating effects of analytical skills in big data on the relationship between agile practices and project performance, suggesting the need qualitative studies on the presence of analytical tools in agile practices, and the evaluation of whether the analytical maturity stage of companies would influence this relationship.