Although agile development is increasingly being applied outside software development, the methods, tools and techniques are still new to the manufacturing industry. A major barrier is the difficulty to measure the benefits and limitations. Comparing the working practices of a team before and after implementing agile methods would provide some insights into the applicability and usefulness of concrete methods and tools in the context of mechatronic-product development. Nevertheless, existing agility assessment approaches are subjective, software centered, and/or require previous application of agile methods. The goal of this paper is to provide a holistic assessment of a team’s agility independently of the methods, tools and techniques applied. For this purpose, agile, non-agile and hybrid practices provide a frame of reference to characterize how teams work across 12 project processes (e.g. project monitoring) and five levels of agility.     «

Although agile development is increasingly being applied outside software development, the methods, tools and techniques are still new to the manufacturing industry. A major barrier is the difficulty to measure the benefits and limitations. Comparing the working practices of a team before and after implementing agile methods would provide some insights into the applicability and usefulness of concrete methods and tools in the context of mechatronic-product development. Nevertheless, existing agi...     »