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A preliminary study of agility in business and production - Cases of early-stage hardware startups
Anh Nguyen-ducXiaofang WengPekka Abrahamssonsubject
FOS: Computer and information sciencesta222early-stage hardware startupsComputer scienceVendorContext (language use)02 engineering and technologyArtifact (software development)agilityComputer Science - Software EngineeringSoftwareResource (project management)0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringbusinessta512ta113business.industry020207 software engineeringPopularity020202 computer hardware & architectureSoftware Engineering (cs.SE)New product developmentproductionbusinessComputer hardwareAgile software developmentdescription
[Context] Advancement in technologies, popularity of small-batch manufacturing and the recent trend of investing in hardware startups are among the factors leading to the rise of hardware startups nowadays. It is essential for hardware startups, companies that involve both software and hardware development, to be not only agile to develop their business but also efficient to develop the right products. [Objective] We investigate how hardware startups achieve agility when developing their products in early stages. [Methods] A qualitative research is conducted with data from 20 hardware startups. [Result] Preliminary results show that agile development is known to hardware entrepreneurs, however it is limitedly adopted. We also found four categories of tactics: (1) strategy, (2) personnel, (3) artifact and (4) resource that enable hardware startups agile in their early stage business and product development. [Conclusions] Agile methodologies should be adopted with the consideration of specific features of hardware development, such as up-front design and vendor dependencies.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-01 |