Evaluating Research Tools and Methods
If you are driving to work or the grocery store, there may be more than one mode of transportation that will lead you to your destination. You may be able to walk, take a bus, drive your car or ride your bicycle. Similarly, there is usually more than one method to gather data to answer your research question. You have to consider your research question and then select the methods and tools that will help you gather the most appropriate data. For this Shared Activity, you are challenged to critically evaluate research tools and methods used in examples of published research.
To prepare for this Shared Activity:
Use the following management research articles, and evaluate the data collection methods used.
The articles are the following:
1. Moving from traditional to agile software development methodologies also on large, distributed projects.
2. Empirical studies of agile software development: A systematic review
3. Adopting Agile Software Development: Issues and Challenges
4. Identify and Classify Critical Success Factor of Agile Software Development Methodology Using Mind Map
To complete this Shared Activity:
- Post a critical analysis of the research methods used in the management research example you selected. Include in your analysis commentary on the following questions:
- What, if any, primary data sources were presented in the management research example you analyzed? What, if any, secondary data sources were presented?
- What alternative research methodologies could be employed to study the same research question? Explain your reasoning.
- What alternative data collection strategies could be employed to study the same research question? Explain your reasoning.
The solution must be as follows:
Article 1 Moving from traditional to agile software development methodologies also on large, distributed projects.
Post a critical analysis of the research methods used in the management research
What, if any, primary data sources were presented in the management research example you analyzed? What, if any, secondary data sources were presented?
What alternative research methodologies could be employed to study the same research question? Explain your reasoning.
What alternative data collection strategies could be employed to study the same research question? Explain your reasoning.
Article 2 Empirical studies of agile software development: A systematic review
Post a critical analysis of the research methods used in the management research
What, if any, primary data sources were presented in the management research example you analyzed? What, if any, secondary data sources were presented?
What alternative research methodologies could be employed to study the same research question? Explain your reasoning.
What alternative data collection strategies could be employed to study the same research question? Explain your reasoning.
Use the same way for the rest articles
Dingsoyr, T.: Empirical studies of agile software development: A systematic review. Inf. & Soft. Tech. 50(9-10), 833-859
International Conference on Strategic Innovative Marketing, IC-SIM 2014, September 1-4, 2014, Madrid, Spain
Moving from traditional to agile software development methodologies also on large, distributed projects.