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Maureen Tanner

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arXiv2026

Predicting Agile Success: The Critical Few Factors

While Agile projects are more successful than traditional software development project management approaches, their overall success rate remains relatively low, with a high percentage of projects still deemed challenged or failed. This low project success rate is attributed to projects not being rigorously evaluated against critical success factors (CSF) of Agile projects and contemporary project success criteria. To identify the CSF that contribute to Agile software development project success as perceived by Agile practitioners, this study used a positivist approach to investigate the CSF of Agile software development projects. PLS-SEM with SmartPLS was used to analyse the data and test the hypotheses to identify significant relationships between the constructs and project success criteria. This research found that a few critical factors significantly contribute to Agile project success. The study developed a novel model that can be used to evaluate and measure project success.

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arXiv2026

A Framework of Critical Success Factors for Agile Software Development

Despite the popularity of Agile software development, achieving consistent project success remains challenging. This systematic literature review identifies critical success factors (CSFs) in Agile projects by analyzing 53 primary studies. Employing thematic synthesis with content analysis, our analysis yielded 21 CSFs categorized into five themes: organizational, people, technical, process, and project. Team effectiveness and project management emerged as the most frequently cited CSFs, highlighting the importance of people and process factors. These interpreted themes and factors contributed to the development of a theoretical framework to identify how these factors contribute to project success. This study offers valuable insights for researchers and practitioners, guiding future research to validate these findings and test the proposed framework using quantitative methods.

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arXiv2021

The Commodification of Open Educational Resources for Teaching and Learning by Academics in an Open Distance e-Learning Institution

The use of open educational resources (OER) is gaining momentum in higher education institutions. This study sought to establish academics' perceptions and knowledge of OER for teaching and learning in an open distance e-learning (ODeL) university. The study also sought to establish how perceptions are formed. The inductive approach followed the lens of commodification to answer the research questions. The commodification phase allowed for a better understanding of the academics' prior knowledge, informers, academics behaviour about OER, and how they perceived OER to be useful for teaching and learning. The study employed a qualitative method, with semi-structured interviews to collect data. The study found that academics with prior experience and knowledge of OER are more successful in the use of these resources for teaching, learning, and research. OER is also perceived as a useful tool to promote African knowledge, showcase the contributions of African academics, improve academic research capabilities, improve student's success rate, particularly for financially vulnerable students. Based on the acquired perceptions, the study able to propose a new guideline to formulate user perceptions. However, this can only be achieved through a solid OER policy with the support of government and tertiary institution top management. The findings may inform higher education institutions when they consider the development of OER strategies and policies, especially in response to the Covid-19 emergency online learning transition.

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