Critical Factors in Agile Software Projects according to People, Process and Technology Perspective

Agile Software Development have become very important over the years for organizations of the modern world, however, software development itself is a very complex process. There are so many factors that affect project success or failure. This paper is a systematic review on the critical success factors of agile software development projects. We classified fourteen critical factors into three categories based on the pillars of Information Systems: people, process, and technology. In addition, primary studies were selected to identify the profile of agile development organizations, projects' characteristics, and implications of agile studies in these projects.

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