3rd Workshop on Hybrid Development Approaches in Software System Development

TL;DR

This paper discusses the 3rd HELENA workshop focused on hybrid development approaches in software engineering, highlighting the need for academic understanding of combined methodologies used in practice.

Contribution

It introduces the 3rd HELENA workshop, detailing its research instrument and data sets on hybrid development approaches in software engineering.

Findings

Hybrid approaches are common but poorly understood academically.

The workshop provides a platform for analyzing combined development methodologies.

Data sets from the workshop facilitate empirical research in this area.

Abstract

Evidence shows that software development methods, frameworks, and even practices are seldom applied in companies by following the book. Combinations of different methodologies into home-grown processes are being constantly uncovered. Nonetheless, an academic understanding and investigation of this phenomenon is very limited. In 2016, the HELENA initiative was launched to research hybrid development approaches in software system development. This paper introduces the 3rd HELENA workshop and provides a detailed description of the instrument used and the available data sets.