Lean and Agile Software Development: 5th International Conference, LASD 2021, Virtual Event, January 23, 2021, Proceedings

Preface
Organization
Contents
Full Papers
Women in Agile: The Impact of Organizational Support for Women's Advancement on Teamwork Quality and Performance in Agile Software Development Teams
	1 Introduction
	2 Related Work
		2.1 Gender Diversity in Software Teams
		2.2 Organizational Support for Women's Advancement
		2.3 Gaps in the Literature and Research Objectives
	3 Conceptual Model
	4 Method
	5 Results
		5.1 Factor Analysis
		5.2 Regression Results
	6 Discussion
		6.1 Organizational Support for Women's Advancements vs. Gender Diversity as a Head Count
		6.2 Linking Teamwork Quality to Team Performance
		6.3 Potential Limitations and Directions for Future Research
		6.4 Conclusion
	References
The State of Agile Software Development Teams During the Covid-19 Pandemic
	1 Introduction
		1.1 Problem Statement
		1.2 Objective
		1.3 Contribution
		1.4 Overview
	2 Related Work
	3 Research Design and Methodology
	4 Results
		4.1 Teams Characteristic
		4.2 Pandemic Impact on ASDT Work
		4.3 Metrics and Tools Used by ASDT
	5 Discussion and Future Work
	6 Conclusion
	References
The Sars-Cov-2 Pandemic and Agile Methodologies in Software Development: A Multiple Case Study in Germany
	1 Introduction
	2 Related Work
		2.1 Agile Methodologies in Distributed and Remote Working Software Development
		2.2 Agile Software Development Teams During the Sars-Cov-2 Pandemic
	3 Research Design
		3.1 Research Approach
		3.2 Research Questions
		3.3 Data Collection
		3.4 Data Analysis
	4 Results
		4.1 Overview of the Results
		4.2 Answering the Research Questions
	5 Threats to Validity
	6 Conclusion and Future Work
	Appendix 1
	Appendix 2
	References
Agile Project Development Issues During COVID-19
	1 Introduction
	2 Survey Modelling
	3 Experimental Design and Methodology
	4 Results and Analysis
	5 Discussion and Analysis
	6 Conclusion
	Appendix
	References
Achieving Agility in IT Project Portfolios – A Systematic Literature Review
	1 Introduction
	2 Background
		2.1 Project Portfolio Management
		2.2 IT Agility and Agile Software Development
		2.3 Agile Portfolio Management
	3 Review Method
		3.1 Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
		3.2 Data Sources and Search Strategy
		3.3 Study Selection Process
		3.4 Data Extraction and Synthesis of Findings
		3.5 Threats to Validity
	4 Findings
		4.1 Impacts on Portfolio Practices
		4.2 Agility Approaches in Practice
	5 Discussion
		5.1 Implications of Findings
		5.2 Limitations of This Study
	6 Conclusions and Future Research Directions
	Appendix – Selected Studies
	References
A Systematic Literature Review on Implementing Non-functional Requirements in Agile Software Development: Issues and Facilitating Practices
	1 Introduction
	2 Rationale Behind Implementing NFRs
	3 Methodology
		3.1 Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
		3.2 Search Query Definition
		3.3 Search Strategy
		3.4 Search Execution
	4 Results
		4.1 What Issues Affect the Identification and Implementation of Non-functional Requirements in ASD?
		4.2 What Practices Facilitate the Successful Identification and Implementation of Non-functional Requirements in ASD?
	5 Discussion
		5.1 Comparison with Related Works
		5.2 Limitations
		5.3 Implications for Research and Practice
	6 Conclusions
	References
Product Roadmapping Processes for an Uncertain Market Environment: A Grey Literature Review
	1 Introduction
	2 Related Work
	3 Research Approach
		3.1 Planning the Review
		3.2 Conducting the Review
	4 Results
	5 Threats to Validity
	6 Summary
	Appendix. Articles Identified by the Grey Literature Review
	References
Experience vs Data: A Case for More Data-Informed Retrospective Activities
	1 Introduction
		1.1 Retrospective Meetings
		1.2 Data Sources Used in Retrospective Meetings
		1.3 Research Goals
	2 Retrospective Activities
	3 Review of Retrospective Activities
		3.1 Activity Extraction
		3.2 Identification of Retrospective Inputs
		3.3 Classification of Retrospective Data Sources
	4 Activities Already Reliant on Project Data
	5 Towards Data-Informed Retrospective Activities
	6 Conclusion
	References
Reducing the Uncertainty of Agile Software Development Using a Random Forest Classification Algorithm
	1 Introduction
	2 Related Work
	3 Company Landscape and Research Environment
	4 Research Method
		4.1 List of Features Used for Classifiers Training, Listed by Representation in Train/Test Sets
	5 Results
		5.1 Key Findings
	6 Discussion
	7 Conclusion
	References
MSFL: A Model for Fault Localization Using Mutation-Spectra Technique
	1 Introduction
	2 Related Work
	3 Proposed Approach
		3.1 Overview
		3.2 Detailed Description
	4 Experimental Results
		4.1 Setup
		4.2 Data-Set Used
		4.3 Evaluation Metric
		4.4 Results Obtained
		4.5 Threats to the Validity
	5 Discussion
	6 Conclusion
	References
Short Papers
Implementing Lean Principles in Scrum to Adapt to Remote Work in a Covid-19 Impacted Software Team
	1 Introduction
	2 Remote Scrum Challenges
		2.1 Scrum Ceremonies
		2.2 Distractions
		2.3 Fatigue
	3 Waste Within Scrum: Key Inputs
		3.1 Requirements
		3.2 Backlogs
	4 Adaptions to the Scrum Process
		4.1 Scrum Ceremonies
		4.2 Backlog Adaption
	5 Process and Tools
	6 Conclusion and Future Work
	References
Business-Oriented Approach to Requirements Elicitation in a Scrum Project
	1 Introduction
	2 Case Study
		2.1 To-Be Process Model
		2.2 Use Case Model
	3 Discussion
	4 Conclusion
	References
Keynote Paper
Pair Programming: An Empirical Investigation in an Agile Software Development Environment
	1 Introduction
	2 Research Methodology and Experimentation
		2.1 Results of Comparisons of Debugging Time for Various Pairs and Individual Programmers
	3 Conclusion
	References
Author Index