Agile Culture Clash: Unveiling Challenges in Cultivating an Agile Mindset in Organizations
Michael Neumann, Thorben Kuchel, Philipp Diebold, Eva-Maria Sch\"on

TL;DR
This paper explores the cultural challenges faced during agile transformations, identifying key issues that hinder the development of an agile mindset within organizations through mixed-method research.
Contribution
It introduces the Agile Cultural Challenges (ACuCa) model, highlighting seven key cultural challenges in adopting agile practices and mindset.
Findings
Identified 7 key cultural challenges in agile adoption
Developed the ACuCa conceptual model
Provided insights for future research on cultural agility
Abstract
Context: In agile transformations, there are many challenges such as alignment between agile practices and the organizational goals and strategies or issues with shifts in how work is organized and executed. One very important challenge but less considered and treated in research are cultural challenges associated with an agile mindset. Although research shows that cultural clashes and general organizational resistance to change are part of the most significant agile adoption barriers. Objective: We identify challenges that arise from the interplay between agile culture and organizational culture. In doing so, we tackle this field and come up with important contributions for further research regarding a problem that practitioners face today. Method: This is done with a mixed-method research approach. First, we gathered qualitative data among our network of agile practitioners and…
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Taxonomy
TopicsCollaboration in agile enterprises · Software Engineering Techniques and Practices · Cognitive Science and Mapping
