Problems in the Adoption of Agile-Scrum Methodologies: A Systematic Literature Review

Agile methodologies are focused on the people and functional product delivery in short periods of time. There are methodologies that change considerably the work habits of software developers. Scrum is an agile methodology that involves an iterative, incremental, and empiric process. Besides it is designed to add value, focus, clarity and transparency to the activities and products of a project. Nowadays, most companies are interested in the adoption of agile methodologies. Although Scrum is a light process and easy to understand, its adoption sometimes is difficult. Agile methodologies are not obvious by themselves, so they are difficult to introduce in the culture of a company. In order to identify the problems presented during the adoption, a Systematic Literature Review is performed focusing in Scrum. We found several problems, these are categorized in four groups: people, process, project, and company (organization). The results represent a basis to propose a framework to support the agile adoption.