Gelmis, Aysegul, Ozkan, Necmettin, Ahmad, Ali J. and Guler, Mehmet Guray (2022) Impact of Turkish national culture on Agile Software Development in Turkey. In: International Conference on Lean and Agile Software Development, Online, 22 Jan 2022. Published in: Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 438 pp. 78-95. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-94238-0_5 ISSN 1865-1348.

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Abstract

The effect of national culture in the software development especially in Agile Software Development industry has a considerable place since national culture affects and shapes organizations and individuals. Our study examines the impact of Turkish national culture on Agile software transformations and developments in Turkey, as the first instance in/for Turkey scope, to the best of our knowledge. We conducted semi-structured interviews with fourteen experts in prominent nine companies from three major industries including TechFin, Aviation, and Telecommunication. In the study, motivations of organizations for transforming Agile, challenges with transitioning to Agile, Agile culture specific to Turkey and preferences on Agile frameworks in Turkey were investigated. The results were discussed along with their implications for Agile in Turkey by considering Hofstede’s model which is designed to investigate country-level cultural traits. Our results are largely parallel with the existing knowledge of Hofstede Insights specific to Turkish culture, yet we additionally present the impacts of this national culture of Turkey on the country’s Agile Software Development. Consequently, it was observed that the national cultural background has a considerable effect on the Turkish Agile software development domain. We have witnessed some similar effects in the Eastern culture as well. By providing the country’s cultural patterns through a localized lens, the study may contribute to those who may have a practical interest to Turkish in terms of which potential challenges they need to be prepared for once they move into the adoption of agile working in/with this country and more generally in/with the countries with which has similar cultures as in the Eastern civilizations. Our study also comes with global insights to the other countries in terms of understanding the use of agile methods and practices in companies located outside of the early adopters of agile methods.

Item Type:	Conference Item (Paper)
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group)
Journal or Publication Title:	Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	1865-1348
Book Title:	Lean and Agile Software Development
Official Date:	12 January 2022
Dates:	Date Event 12 January 2022 Available
Volume:	438
Page Range:	pp. 78-95
DOI:	10.1007/978-3-030-94238-0_5
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights):	This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94238-0_5
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Copyright Holders:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Conference Paper Type:	Paper
Title of Event:	International Conference on Lean and Agile Software Development
Type of Event:	Conference
Location of Event:	Online
Date(s) of Event:	22 Jan 2022

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