Table 11.

Summary of key findings and implications for employment of agile development and ways of working

Finding	Implication
Decreased appreciation	There has been a significant increase in number of meetings since work-related
for meetings in	and catching up with colleagues are scheduled as meetings, and an increase in
general	back-to-back meetings which may result in more stressed and less motivated
	practitioners. The increase in meetings in combination with challenges with
	digital meeting structure, e.g., hybrid meetings, have led to a decreased
	appreciation for meetings.
Hybrid meetings	Hybrid meetings are less effective and more challenging compared to meetings
	where all participants are either remote or onsite. Hybrid meetings creates a
	gap between participants that are onsite and those who are remote.
Stand up meetings,	These three agile practices have
retrospectives, and	been particularly important. They all have been used to compensate for lack
pair programming	of casual conversations. Syncing conversations that usually existed in person
	in the office are now carried out during more and longer stand up meetings.
	etrospective aspects, such as reflections and continuous improvement have
	become more important than the retrospective meetings per se. Pair
	programming is not only particularly important for teams and teamwork in
	a remote setting, but also for integrating new team members and facilitate
	knowledge sharing.