Background. A combination of traditional and agile methodologies into so-called “hybrid approaches” are today’s reality. The intention is to attempt maximization of benefits from both approaches. Water-Scrum-Fall is a methodology for hybrid approaches. However, there are no specific guidelines described for Water-Scrum-Fall. Aim. Explore and describe the reality of Water-Scrum-Fall in selected large companies in the Czech market. Method. Exploratory multiple-case study – four companies, eight participants. Semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis. Results. Insights into real-life Water-Scrum-Fall including involved roles, associated events, and typically created artifacts. Conclusion. In examined companies, modified agile methodologies are used as part of Water-Scrum-Fall, while their benefits are not fully unlocked due to poor implementations. However, project success rate is high. Hybrid approaches still require rigorous analysis before the development is started, which strongly limits the agility in the following development phase. Customer involvement or feedback loop is omitted in the development process. We accompany poor implementations with the unpreparedness of companies to fully adopt Agile, and missing senior roles, like scrum masters, to educate teams and organizations in proper agile practices.
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Křivánková, M., & Remta, D. (2023). Real-Life Water-Scrum-Fall: Insights from Large Companies in Czech Republic. In Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (Vol. 475 LNBIP, pp. 183–192). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33976-9_12
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