A multicriteria approach for selection of agile methodologies in software development projects

This paper presents an approach, based on the multi-criteria method SMARTER, that can be useful to support decisions involving the selection of the best-fit agile software development methodology for small and medium enterprises. The kickoff of this study was a research regarding measurable criteria that should be considered in this type of decision aiming to answer the needs of specific projects. The evaluation of alternatives is based on a three-point linguistic scale that makes the process friendly and cheap; however, it was observed that this scale provokes a considerable loss of information that can compromise the robustness of the result.