TY - THES A1 - Issagaliyev, Alibek T1 - Investigation of the challenges of agile project management at Infineon Technologies N2 - Abstract Problem: Agile project management methods have grown in prominence in recent years as a result of their adaptability to various business environments. This has prompted many businesses to forsake conventional project management strategies in favor of agile methods. There will be difficulties associated with this transition. Due to their distinctions, traditional and agile methodologies present practitioners with a wide variety of implementation challenges. Much research has been conducted on the barriers to agile adoption in the software industry, but less on how agile may be adopted in other industries. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate and evaluate the challenges that arise during the transition to and adoption of agile project management methodologies, particularly in large product-based businesses. The objective of this study is to examine practitioner concerns at the organizational, team, and individual levels, and then map these concerns to the fundamental factors that give rise to them. Research design/Methodology: To accomplish the objectives and purposes of the study, a critical review of the literature on project management methodologies and the challenges encountered during the transition and adoption process was conducted. Then, a comprehensive case study was conducted at Infineon, a multinational corporation that specializes in semiconductors for a variety of applications. The organization that uses Agile to develop its software and hardware. To gain insight into the issues at hand, a semi-structured interview and field observations were conducted with the case company. Observational field notes and interview data were used to verify the respondents' findings. The research paradigm is developed abductively, with the author shifting between theory and data from the literature and the author's own experiments. Results: According to the results, practitioner issues are varied, diversified, and multidimensional. Within each level, the uncovered issues were organized into themes. It has also been shown that the majority of issues are caused by people and processes. This thesis discusses several unique chip development issues as well as the overwhelming majority of general software development challenges. Agile was discovered to be implemented differently from textbook agile, providing additional obstacles for practitioners. Furthermore, there is disagreement when looking at the same issues from various organizational levels. Conclusions: This thesis tries to fill a knowledge gap by explaining how agile is implemented in fields other than software. The bulk of issues stem from a lack of understanding and awareness of agile ideas and principles. Agile is a people-centered methodology, and its success is strongly reliant on both the people who utilize it and those who surround the agile team. Another issue is that agile does not specify how work should be done in areas like as architectural design, testing, or team structure. It is up to the team to establish such things, thus it may be tough for each team to find and implement what works for them into their initiatives. Although agile adoption in a product-oriented organization is a long process, the benefits of utilizing agile methodologies are apparent. As a result, organizations outside of the software industry are rapidly adopting agile practices. Y1 - 2023 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-38750 CY - Ingolstadt ER -