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A model-driven approach to adopt good practices for agile process configuration and certification

Publicated to:Computer Standards & Interfaces. 86 103737- - 2023-08-01 86(), DOI: 10.1016/j.csi.2023.103737

Authors: Giachetti, Giovanni; de la Vara, Jose Luis; Marin, Beatriz

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Univ Castilla La Mancha - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia - Author

Abstract

Context: The agile development paradigm has been extensively adopted in the industry. This adoption is highly dependent on the knowledge and good practices applied by most experienced practitioners in organizations. Hence, it would be valuable to count on appropriate support to preserve and systematically use this expert knowledge in configuring agile development processes aligned with organizational standards. Objective: This paper presents a model-driven approach for representing and selecting good practices to configure agile practices in development processes aligned with organizational development practices and quality standards. Method: We define a conceptual approach for configuring agile development processes that fulfills enterprise good practices and external quality standards. This approach was implemented in a tool suite and applied to an industrial development scenario related to ISO 9001 certification. Results: The approach was implemented in a model-driven tool that provides automatic support for identifying good practices when configuring agile development processes. The tool also verifies consistency with development methods and quality standards, such as ISO 9001. Conclusions: The results obtained from the industrial application indicate that practitioners can reuse expert knowledge to configure agile development processes aligned with quality certifications. Moreover, the approach also facilitates the tailoring of agile practices into concrete development processes that take advantage of organizational good practices.

Keywords

Agile developmentAgile methodAgile methodsAgile processAgile process configurationAutomatic verificationDevelopment processFrameworkGood practiceGood practicesIso 9001 certificationKnowledge managementProcess configurationQuality controlQuality evaluationScrumSoftware-development

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Computer Standards & Interfaces due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2023, it was in position 20/132, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Computer Science, Software Engineering.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 1.78, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jun 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-23, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 2
  • Scopus: 2
  • OpenCitations: 1

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-23:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 37.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 37 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.85.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Chile.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Giachetti Herrera, Giovanni Andrés) and Last Author (Marín Campusano, Beatriz Mariela).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Giachetti Herrera, Giovanni Andrés.