Tendencias investigativas en el desarrollo ágil de software: un enfoque bibliométrico

Agile software development and its various methodologies have become protagonists in the trend of process improvement for the promotion of software and application of its principles to solve challenges in different fields: academic and industrial. This research presents some findings of a bibliometric study, trying to show its behavior in time, reflecting its growth and validity, evidenced since 2001, an important date in the formalization of the development approach of technological projects. Quantity and quality indicators are analyzed to show the diffusion and impact that the investigations have through recognized authors and magazines. In addition, it relates institutions and countries that are outstanding in the development of the topic, type of publications and areas of knowledge addressed. The growing and emerging topics are a key point when offering clarity on the research panorama in the last years and sectors of application of this knowledge.