01988nas a2200241   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260001200043653001300055653002800068653001600096653001100112653001000123100002100133700002600154700002500180245005400205856009800259300001000357490000600367520135900373022001401732       2015                            d  c12/201510aSoftware10aArtificial Intelligence10aDevelopment10a(6520)10aScrum1 aEva Maria Schön1 aMaría José Escalona1 aJörg Thomaschewski00aAgile Values and Their Implementation in Practice  uhttp://www.ijimai.org/journal/sites/default/files/files/2015/11/ijimai20153_5_8_pdf_59735.pdf  a61-660 v33 aToday agile approaches are often used for the development of digital products. Since their development in the 90s, Agile Methodologies, such as Scrum and Extreme Programming, have evolved. Team collaboration is strongly influenced by the values and principles of the Agile Manifesto. The values and principles described in the Agile Manifesto support the optimization of the development process. In this article, the current operation is analyzed in Agile Product Development Processes. Both, the cooperation in the project team and the understanding of the roles and tasks will be analyzed. The results are set in relation to the best practices of Agile Methodologies. A quantitative questionnaire related to best practices in Agile Product Development was developed. The study was carried out with 175 interdisciplinary participants from the IT industry. For the evaluation of the results, 93 participants were included who have expertise in the subject area Agile Methodologies. On one hand, it is shown that the collaborative development of product-related ideas brings benefits. On the other hand, it is investigated which effect a good understanding of the product has on decisions made during the implementation. Furthermore, the skillset of product managers, the use of pair programming, and the advantages of cross-functional teams are analyzed.  a1989-1660