As origens da metodologia ágil: de onde saímos e onde estamos? Uma revisão sistemática da literatura

Ronaldo Akiyoshi Nagai; Roberto Sbragia

doi:10.5585/gep.v14i1.23723

Authors

Ronaldo Akiyoshi Nagai Universidade de São Paulo- FEA/USP. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1124-3123
Roberto Sbragia Universidade de São Paulo- FEA/USP. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3178-5026

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/gep.v14i1.23723

Keywords:

Agile methodology, Incremental and iterative development, Lean thinking, project management.

Abstract

Agile methods gained great popularity from 2001 onwards, with the advent of the Agile Manifesto. However, the excessive application of this approach has raised questions about its use as a magnet for anyone to commercialize theories and frameworks. Therefore, it is necessary to rescue the bases (or basic foundations) of agile thinking. We carried out a systematic literature review, seeking to consolidate the relevant scientific production and the body of knowledge prior to the 2001 Agile Manifesto and, with that, rescue the principles of agility and minimize the effects of marketable rediscovery cycles. The initial corpus obtained from Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus databases totaled 311 articles, reduced to 298 at the end of the first screening, and finally 318 papers, after the inclusion of relevant articles identified during the reading process of the initial corpus. The findings enabled the identification of the main articles that preceded the Agile Manifesto, adopted as the landmark of this literature review, and the identification of 27 variables grouped into four dimensions, resulting in a proposal for a conceptual structure for "the basic foundations of agile thinking". We suggest that the agile methodology is not a counterpoint to the industrial process, but adapted, derived, and with its fundamental bases originating from it. The fundamentals of the agile mentality generated in the quality improvement systems and the Toyota Production System (TPS) have always been present, just undergoing nomenclature changes to adapt to the management fashion movements.

Author Biographies

Ronaldo Akiyoshi Nagai, Universidade de São Paulo- FEA/USP.

Roberto Sbragia, Universidade de São Paulo- FEA/USP.

Professor Titular, Departamento de Administração

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