| dc.description.abstract | This volume contains the research workshops and doctoral symposium, as well as panel
summaries presented at XP 2019, the 20th International Conference on Agile Software
Development, held during May 21–25, 2019, at the École de technologie supérieure in
Montréal, Québec, Canada.
XP is the premier agile software development conference combining research and
practice. Whether you were new to agile or a seasoned agile practitioner, XP 2019
provided an informal environment to network, share, and discover trends in agile for
the next 20 years.
Research papers and talks submissions were invited for the three XP 2019 research
workshops, namely, Agile Transformation, Autonomous Teams, and Large Scale
Agile. The workshops attracted a variety of agile software development topics related
to the respective workshops. These included papers and presentations based on
empirical studies and those conducted in industrial settings relevant to both researchers
and practitioners. Submissions in various stages of progress were encouraged to generate discussions at the workshops. The workshops were structured to include a
combination of talks, including keynotes by researchers leading the field in the
respective areas, a variety of research talks by new, emerging, and established
researchers, and round-table discussion style sessions. Research agendas for the
communities represented by the workshops were discussed, refined, and reported in the
respective workshop summaries.
The research workshops and doctoral symposium provide a highly relevant,
friendly, and interactive platform to share and discuss emerging and late breaking
research findings. They represent smaller, close communities of passionate emerging
and established researchers and a psychologically safe environment to provide and
receive feedback.
The success of the XP 2019 research workshops and doctoral symposium was
possible due to the contributions of the organizers, Program Committee members,
authors, presenters, and general attendees. Last, but not least, I would like to express
my sincere thanks to the XP conference Steering Committee and the Agile Alliance for
their ongoing support.
Panels at XP 20NN have been consistently among the best attended and
well-received conference sessions following the conference plenary keynotes. This
year’s topics included: Security and Privacy; The Impact of the Agile Manifesto on
Culture, Education, and Software Practices; Business Agility – Agile’s Next Frontier;
and “Agile – The Next 20 Years:” In the past we have published panel abstracts with
panellist bios and position statements prior to the conference – however these abstracts
did not reflect what was discussed at the conference. | |
