• The Agile Coach Role: Coaching for Agile Performance Impact 

      Stray, Viktoria; Tkalich, Anastasiia; Moe, Nils Brede (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      It is increasingly common to introduce agile coaches to help gain speed and advantage in agile companies. Following the success of Spotify, the role of the agile coach has branched out in terms of tasks and responsibilities, ...
    • Changes in perceived productivity of software engineers during COVID-19 pandemic: The voice of evidence 

      Smite, Darja; Tkalich, Anastasiia; Moe, Nils Brede; Papatheocharous, Efi; Klotins, Eriks; Buvik, Marte Pettersen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background: The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a natural experiment of an unprecedented scale as companies closed their offices and sent employees to work from home. Many managers were concerned that their engineers would ...
    • Digital Transformation – A Flow Perspective 

      Ulfsnes, Rasmus; Mikalsen, Marius; Tkalich, Anastasiia; Moe, Nils Brede; Conboy, Kieran (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      As we move along the ever-transforming world of digital technology and organizations, the perspective of how we view digital transformation (DT) also transforms. The episodic and continuous nature of changes requires an ...
    • Employee-Driven Innovation to Fuel Internal Software Startups: Preliminary Findings 

      Tkalich, Anastasiia; Moe, Nils Brede; Sporsem, Tor Thorsrud (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      To keep up with the pace of innovation, established companies are increasingly relying on internal software startups. However, succeeding with such startups is a challenging task because internal startups need to find a ...
    • Knowns and Unknowns: An Experience Report on Discovering Tacit Knowledge of Maritime Surveyors 

      Sporsem, Tor Thorsrud; Hatling, Morten Arnt; Tkalich, Anastasiia; Stol, Klaas-Jan (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS);13975, Chapter, 2023)
      [Context] Requirements elicitation is an essential activity to ensure that systems provide the necessary functionality to users, and that they are fit for purpose. In addition to traditional ‘reductionist’ techniques, the ...
    • Managing Competing Concerns in Digital Innovation: A Case Study of an Incumbent Maritime Company 

      Tkalich, Anastasiia; Mikalsen, Marius; Moe, Nils Brede; Sporsem, Tor Thorsrud (Chapter, 2021)
      The need for new digitally enhanced solutions has led companies in traditionally non-digital industries to explore the potential of digital innovation. Various process frameworks claim their ability to support this endeavor ...
    • On the Characteristics of Internal Software Startups 

      Tkalich, Anastasiia; Edison, Henry (Chapter, 2022)
      In recent years, more attention has been given to internal software startups in practice and in research alike, yet the concept is not fully understood. Nor is it clear whether or not it significantly differs from stand-alone ...
    • Psychological Safety in Agile Software Development Teams: Work Design Antecedents and Performance Consequences 

      Buvik, Marte Pettersen; Tkalich, Anastasiia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Psychological safety has been postulated as a key factor for the success of agile software development teams, yet there is a lack of empirical studies investigating the role of psychological safety in this context. This ...
    • Toward an Agile Product Management: What Do Product Managers Do in Agile Companies? 

      Tkalich, Anastasiia; Ulfsnes, Rasmus; Moe, Nils Brede (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The product manager (PM) role is well established in leading technological companies, such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Facebook. PMs are responsible for integrating technical, design, and business perspectives when ...
    • Understanding Barriers to Internal Startups in Large Organizations: Evidence from a Globally Distributed Company 

      Sporsem, Tor Thorsrud; Tkalich, Anastasiia; Moe, Nils Brede; Mikalsen, Marius (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Large global companies need to speed up their innovation activities to increase competitive advantage. However, such companies' organizational structures impede their ability to capture trends they are well aware of due ...
    • Using Guilds to Foster Internal Startups in Large Organizations: A Case Study 

      Sporsem, Tor Thorsrud; Tkalich, Anastasiia; Moe, Nils Brede; Mikalsen, Marius; Rygh, Nina (Chapter, 2021)
      Software product innovation in large organizations is fundamentally challenging because of restrained freedom and flexibility to conduct experiments. As a response, large agile companies form internal startups to initiate ...
    • What Happens to Psychological Safety When Going Remote? 

      Tkalich, Anastasiia; Šmite, Darja; Andersen, Nina Haugland; Moe, Nils Brede (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Psychological safety is a precondition for learning and success in software teams. But what happens to psychological safety when work becomes remote? In this article, we explore how Norwegian software developers experienced ...
    • Work Engagement in Agile Teams: The Missing Link Between Team Autonomy, Trust, and Performance? 

      Buvik, Marte Pettersen; Tkalich, Anastasiia (Chapter, 2022)
      To have engaged and high-performing agile teams are what most organizations strive for. At the same time, there is little research on the drivers of team work engagement in the software context. Team autonomy and trust are ...