Software Development with Scrum: A Bibliometric Analysis and Profile
This provides a systematic overview of research trends in Scrum for software engineers and researchers, but it is incremental as it synthesizes existing literature without introducing new methods.
The study conducted a bibliometric analysis of Scrum in software development, identifying seven main research themes and noting that Scrum is often used in variants or combined with other methods, including unconventional tools like gamification.
Introduction of the Scrum approach into software engineering has changed the way software is being developed. The Scrum approach emphasizes the active end-user involvement, embracing of change, and /iterative delivery of products. Our study showed that Scrum has different variants or is used in combination with different methods. Some tools not normally used in the conventional software approaches, like gamification, content analysis and grounded theory are also employed. However, Scrum like other software development approach focuses on improvement of software process, software quality, business value, performance, usability and efficiency and at the same time to reduce cost, risk and uncertainty. Contrary to some conventional approaches it also strives to boost soft factors like agility, trust, motivation, responsibility and transparency. The bibliometric synthetic scoping study revealed seven main research themes concerned with the Scrum research.