Agile Software Development Methods and Practices in Austrian IT-Industry: Results of an Empirical Study

In this paper results of an empirical study conducted with software developing companies in Austria are presented. The main target was to gather information about the use of agile software development methods in general and particularly with regard to the agile practice of pair-programming. Furthermore data was collected which of the most simple to adopt agile practices and tools are used and what are the future plans to introduce or enforce the use of agile software development methods in general or the pair-programming practice specifically. Another aim was to determine the perceived adherence to delivery dates in the software development industry in general. I tried to reach two people of each company to make out the difference between management and development on the questioned topics.