Abstract

MOYO, Benson; HUISMAN, Magda  and  DREVIN, Lynette. The state of systems development methodologies use within the systems development organisations in South Africa. SACJ [online]. 2022, vol.34, n.1, pp.103-123. ISSN 2313-7835.  http://dx.doi.org/10.18489/sacj.v34i1.926.

The adoption of the most appropriate systems development methodology (SDM) for a systems development project is one of the most critical decisions in systems development practice. An appropriate SDM for a systems development project is adopted to avoid a misfit of a systems development methodology to the systems development project contextual settings. An SDM misfit is caused by an SDM whose basic assumptions have been violated by the targeted systems development project contextual settings. A misfit may increase the effort required for an SDM in use to fit the systems development project contextual settings. The study aims to investigate the contingent use of SDMs as an approach to minimise SDM misfit in a systems development project. The purpose of the article is to present insights on the contingent use of SDMs derived from a survey of 155 organisations involved in systems development. The results show that both plan-driven and agile SDM class instances are in use and that hybrid SDMs characterise most SDM implementations. The findings have implications for both research and practice as they unify the use of the two SDM classes under the contingent use of SDMs approach. CATEGORIES: • Software and its engineering ~ software creation and management, software development process management, software development methods

Keywords : Systems development methodology; systems development methodology contingent use; project contextual stressors.

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