Agile development has become a standard procedure in the software industry in the course of the past 20 years and is advancing into physical product development nowadays as well. When talking with peers and fellow experts from both academia and industry, ambiguities on the usage of the terms used in agile development becomes apparent. Therefore, this contribution aims at proposing a taxonomy for the field of agile development by comparing its key elements to the traditional field of product development. The terms are well-grounded in scientific literature and by applying a systematic as well as a hierarchical approach, the terms are classified into the three layers of the St. Gallen management model proposed by Bleicher. In order to validate the taxonomy, comparisons to the field of traditional product development are given. In line with this, the alignment of specific terms used in ‘Scrum' into the taxonomy for agile development underpins its validity.    «

Agile development has become a standard procedure in the software industry in the course of the past 20 years and is advancing into physical product development nowadays as well. When talking with peers and fellow experts from both academia and industry, ambiguities on the usage of the terms used in agile development becomes apparent. Therefore, this contribution aims at proposing a taxonomy for the field of agile development by comparing its key elements to the traditional field of product deve...    »