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Werder, Karl ORCID: 0000-0001-8481-1596, Li, Ye, Maedche, Alexander ORCID: 0000-0001-6546-4816 and Ramesh, Balasubramaniam (2019). Software Development Process Ambidexterity and Project Performance: A Coordination Cost-Effectiveness View. IEEE transactions on software engineering. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE. ISSN 1939-3520

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Abstract

Software development process ambidexterity (SDPA) is the ability to demonstrate both process alignment and process adaptability simultaneously. Realizing process ambidexterity has recently been suggested as an effective approach to improving the performance of software development (SD) projects. To understand the mechanisms underlying the effects of ambidexterity, we focus in this study on the mediating effects of coordination, one of the most important activity in SD projects. Specifically, we hypothesize a mediating effect of coordination costs and coordination effectiveness on the relationship between SDPA and project performance. We conducted a quantitative study involving 104 SD projects across 10 firms to test the model. The results strongly suggest that the positive relationship between SDPA and project performance is negatively mediated by coordination costs and positively mediated by coordination effectiveness. We validate our research model with a case study in an organization employing several hundred IT professionals and derive several practical implications on this basis.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Werder, Karl UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-8481-1596 UNSPECIFIED Li, Ye UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Maedche, Alexander UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-6546-4816 UNSPECIFIED Ramesh, Balasubramaniam UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-98809
DOI:	10.1109/TSE.2019.2904571
Journal or Publication Title:	IEEE transactions on software engineering
Date:	2019
Publisher:	IEEE
Place of Publication:	Piscataway, NJ
ISSN:	1939-3520
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Weitere Institute, Arbeits- und Forschungsgruppen > Cologne Institute for Information Systems (CIIS) Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences > Business Administration > Information Systems > Chair for Information Systems and Systems Development
Subjects:	Library and information sciences Social sciences Technology (Applied sciences)
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/9880