Agile Exponential Software Organizations

Yael Dubinsky, Orit Hazzan

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Abstract

In this Interactive Talk we present the concept of exponential organizations and facilitate exponential thinking for agile practitioners. Exponential organizations (ExOs) are organizations whose 'impact (or output) is disproportionally large-at least 10x larger-compared to its peers because of the use of new organizational techniques that leverage accelerating technologies.' [2, p. 18] (e.g., Google, TED, Uber, Airbnb, Waze, and more, see http://top100.exponentialorgs.com/). ExOs are characterized by ten aspects that are derived from a massive transformative purpose (MTP), which is 'the higher, aspirational purpose of the organization' [2, p. 54] (e.g., TED's Ideas worth spreading, Google's Organize the world's information). We demonstrate how agile organizations [1] and lean startups can use ExO thinking to promote both agility and exponential growth. Attendees gain knowledge on how to integrate 1) agility orientation with exponential thinking, and 2) agile development with ExO aspects. In practice, attendees gain experience with exponential thinking for their agile industrial use cases.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM 41st International Conference on Software Engineering
Subtitle of host publicationSoftware Engineering in Practice, ICSE-SEIP 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages181-182
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781728117607
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event41st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Practice, ICSE-SEIP 2019 - Montreal, Canada
Duration: 25 May 201931 May 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM 41st International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Practice, ICSE-SEIP 2019

Conference

Conference41st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Practice, ICSE-SEIP 2019
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityMontreal
Period25/05/1931/05/19

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.

Keywords

  • Agile Software Development
  • Exponential Organizations
  • Exponential Thinking

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Software
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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