Investigating Team Maturity in an Agile Automotive Reorganization
Journal article, 2024

About seven years ago, Volvo Cars initiated a large-scale agile transformation. Midst this journey, a significant restructuring of the R&D department took place. Our study aims to illuminate how team maturity levels are impacted during such comprehensive reorganizations. We collected data from 63 teams to comprehend the effects of organizational changes on these agile teams. Additionally, qualitative data was gathered to validate our findings and explore underlying reasons. Contrary to what was expected, the reorganization did not significantly alter the distribution of team maturity. High turnover rates and frequent reorganizations were identified as key factors to why the less mature teams remained in the early stages of team development. Conversely, teams in the second category remained stable at a higher maturity stage, primarily because the teams themselves remained largely intact, with only management structures changing. In conclusion, while reorganizations may hinder some teams' development, others maintain stability at a higher level of maturity despite substantial managerial changes.

Author

Lucas Gren

Software Engineering 1

University of Gothenburg

Niclas Pettersson

Volvo Group

Proceedings of the Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, EUROMICRO-SEAA

2640592X (ISSN) 23769521 (eISSN)

2024 226-229

Subject Categories (SSIF 2025)

Software Engineering

Business Administration

DOI

10.1109/SEAA64295.2024.00042

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3/10/2025