Metrics in Large-Scale Agile Software Development: A Multivocal Literature Review

Abstract

Software development is widespread across various sectors. As large-scale projects increasingly adopt agile development practices, there arises a need for metrics to enhance team coordination, promote continuous improvement and monitor progress. This discussion focuses on the current state of metrics for large-scale agile software development, outlining the reasons for their adoption and showcasing the achieved results. The analysis involves a comprehensive literature review, exploring grey literature. A catalog of metrics applicable to scalable agile projects is presented, featuring examples such as ‘Velocity’, ‘Business value per effort’, and ‘Defect rate’.