DIFFICULTIES IN THE ADOPTION AND USE OF SCRUM METHOD IN BRAZILIAN COMPANIES USING PLAN-DRIVEN PROCESSES: MULTIPLE CASE STUDY/AS DIFICULDADES NA ADOCAO E USO DE METODO SCRUM EM EMPRESAS BRASILEIRAS UTILIZANDO PROCESSOS PLAN-DRIVEN: ESTUDO DE CASO MULTIPLO

Companies have demonstrated growing interests about the adoption of agile methods in their software development processes, aiming to get the benefits related to productivity increasing, software quality improvement and a better way to handle requirements change, amongst others. However, the same companies already have consolidated processes, which get into conflict with values and practices established by the agile methods, hindering its adoption. This study presents the major difficulties in Scrum agile method adoption in organizations that use plan-driven processes. It was applied a multiple case study with three Brazilian organizations which use IT to support their business, with similar structure and process. After the result analysis, the major points of difficulty in Scrum adoption were identified and then consolidated in a way that allow companies to identify adjustment points in its processes to improve the adoption of Scrum.