Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming 24th International Conference on Agile Software Development, XP 2023, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 13–16, 2023, Proceedings

This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Agile Software Development, XP 2023, which took place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, during June 13-16, 2023.

XP is the premier agile software development conference combining research and practice. It is a unique forum where agile researchers, practitioners, thought leaders, coaches, and trainers get together to present and discuss their most recent innovations, research results, experiences, concerns, challenges, and trends.? XP conferences provide an informal environment to learn and trigger discussions and welcome both people new to agile and seasoned agile practitioners. This year’s conference was held with the theme “Whole Team Sustainability”.

The 11 full papers and 1 short paper presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions. They focus on agile practices and agile in the large.

Agile Practices.- Integrating Issue Management Systems of Independently Developed Microservices.- A novel technique to assess Agile systems for stability.- Overcoming Challenges of Virtual Scrum Teams: Lessons Learned Through an Action Research Study.- Waste Self-Reporting for Software Development Productivity Improvement.- A Lean Approach of Managing Technical Debt in Agile Software Projects – A proposal and empirical evaluation.- An Empirical Study about the Instability and Uncertainty of Non-functional Requirements.- Agile in the Large.- Striving for Freedom in a Large-scale Agile Environment with an Entrepreneurial Mindset of a Product Owner.- Sustaining agility: organizational change, factors and theoretical lenses.- The Role of Responsiveness to Change in Large Onboarding Campaigns.- Organisational conflicts in the adoption of continuous software engineering.- Agile Interdisciplinary Product Teams: Overcoming Juridical Hurdles in the Early Phase of Public SectorDatafication.- Short Paper.- Real-life Water-Scrum-Fall: Insights from Large Companies in Czech Republic.