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THE INFLUENCE OF AGILE STRATEGIES AND METHODS ON  

MSMEs IN INDONESIA 
 

Chandra Hosen 

University of Bunda Mulia, Alam Sutera, Jl. Jalur Sutera Bar. No.kav. 7-9, Kota Tangerang, 

Banten 15143 

Email: chandrahosen8@gmail.com 

 

 

ABSTRACT 

 

This study is based on the importance of MSMEs in Indonesia, since they have their own 

role in economic development, specifically in their ability of absorbing labor. On the other hand, 

there is changing situation of MSMEs in Indonesia due to post Covid-19 Pandemic. Therefore, the 

purpose of this study is to measure the influence of Agile Strategies and Methods on MSMEs in 

Indonesia, using quantitative method. This study takes data from one of the businesses or MSMEs 

in Indonesia as main core of influence research and presents the results of responses from various 

MSMEs (only 30 businesses) and company position holders, as validation of the findings on the 

business that became the study. Furthermore, from 60 employees in one of the MSMEs from a total 

of 30 MSMEs as research object, the results showed that Agile strategies and methods have 

significant influence to improve employee performance in MSMEs in Indonesia, such as working 

faster, performing better, increasing productivity, effective working, making work easier, and 

usefully affecting employee performance. The writer concluded that the use of agile methods has 

an influence on performance of business organizations and research interprets that their use is 

able to improve performance, productivity, save costs, and of course as a matter of nature, become 

more flexible and agile to develop. 

 

Keywords: Influence, Agile Strategies, MSMEs, Economy, Indonesia. 
 

Received: 22 November 2022 

Accepted: 1 December 2022 

Publish: December 2022 

How to Cite: 

Hosen, C. (2022). The Influence of Agile Strategies and Methods on MSMEs In Indonesia. 

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INTRODUCTION 

 

MSMEs have their own role in economic development that is important and strategic 

(Sarfiah et al., 2019). The important role can be seen in the ability of MSMEs to absorb labor so 

as to increase people's income (LPPI and Bank Indonesia, 2015). According to LPPI and BI (2015), 

at least the strategic role of MSMEs in Indonesian economy is due to their position as major players 

in economic activities of various sectors, largest providers of employment, important players in 

local economic development and community empowerment, and as a source of innovation. This 

is what motivates the government to strengthen the MSMEs pillar in building the economy so that 

it can run optimally until it is finally able to alleviate poverty.  

In the 1998 economic crisis, MSMEs proved to be able to get through the crisis period and 

continued to grow from year to year (Sarfiah et al., 2019). Due to their flexibility in adapting to 

changes in the business environment, MSMEs are considered as the most possible to survive the 

economic crisis. As a matter of fact, the current reality is that MSMEs in Indonesia are faced with 

unplanned changes in the situation due to the post-Covid-19 pandemic. After the Covid-19 

pandemic, it has had its own impact on MSMEs in Indonesia. Many of them even find it difficult 

to survive and go bankrupt. For the first time, people in the world unites, or more to be forced to 

accept the decision to comply with restrictions enforced by governments and health care authorities 

in order to fight Covid-19 disease (Ting et al., 2020).  

This then limits some operational activities in the business world. This big change is then 

referred to as business disruption. After the pandemic (Covid-19) which brought major disruptions 

to all aspects of life around the globe, it has a very pronounced influence on the business economy 

sector (Alao & Lukman, 2020; Charles, 2020). Many businesses have been affected due to 

dramatic operating restrictions. Of course, the supply chain was disrupted and the volume of 

business activities was significantly reduced. This business disruption is also experienced by 

MSMEs in Indonesia in particular. In a survey conducted by LPPI (2020), it showed that during 

the post-pandemic, 94.69% of businesses experienced a decline in sales. This includes at least 

several business scales, namely a decrease in sales of more than 75% experienced by 49.01% of 

ultra-micro businesses, 43.3% of micro-enterprises, 40% of small businesses, and 45.83% of 

medium-sized enterprises. 

Based on length of the business, the decline in sales of more than 75% was experienced by 

23.27% of businesses aged around 0-5 years, 10.9% of businesses aged around 6-10 years and 

8.84% of businesses that have been running for more than 10 years. Judging from their sales 

method, the decline in sales of more than 75% was experienced by 47.44% of offline / physical 

sales businesses, 40.17% of online sales businesses, and 39.41% of businesses with offline and 

online sales methods (LPPI, 2020). Briefly, after the Covid-19 pandemic, business profits have 

decreased significantly due to fixed production costs or even increased while sales decreased. Even 

though some other aspects of costs are still rolling, such as raw materials, transportation, labor, 

and other costs.  

If this continues to be experienced by MSMEs, then they will not be able to survive. The 

business disruption caused by the post-Covid-19 pandemic is radical and requires high flexibility 

in organizations to be able to achieve their business revival. Business strategies and activities need 

to be reconsidered (Ting, et al, 2020). According to Kröger & Marx (2020) agile marketing can be 

used by marketers as a solution to face extreme (radical) situation changes that force marketers to 

be able to adapt faster and more flexibly in managing our business activities and can do it 

spontaneously. Agile marketing refers to the extent to which an entity quickly understands the 

market and executes marketing decisions to adapt to the market (Kalaignanam et al., 2021). 

 

 

 

 



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LITERATURE REVIEW 

 

The presence of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Indonesia is very 

important for economic stability of the Indonesian state in particular. MSMEs have the potential 

to increase state income and the absorption of productive labor (Lantu et al., 2016). In data from 

BPS and the Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs (2012), information was obtained that the 

contribution of MSMEs in GDP in 2013, reached 57.56% of the total national GDP with a total of 

57.9 million units of business or 99% of the total existing business units. In addition, MSMEs have 

important role of recruiting 97% of the total workforce in Indonesia. 

In accordance with Act Number 20 of 2008 concerning Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 

(MSMEs), definition of MSMEs are as follows: 

1. Micro Business is a productive business owned by an individual and / or individual 
business entity that meets the criteria for Micro Business as stipulated in this Act, namely 

with a maximum amount of assets of Rp. 50,000,000, – (Fifty Million Rupiah) and a 

maximum amount of turnover of Rp. 300,000,000, – (Three Hundred Million Rupiah). 

2. Small Business is a productive economic business that stands alone, which is carried out 
by an individual or business entity that is not a subsidiary or not a branch of a company 

that is owned, controlled, or is part either directly or indirectly of medium enterprises or 

large businesses that meet the criteria for Small Business as referred to in this Act, namely 

the maximum amount of assets > Rp. 50,000,000, – (Fifty Million Rupiah) up to Rp. 

500.000.000, – (Five Hundred Million Rupiah) and the maximum amount of turnover > 

Rp. 300.000.000, – (Three Hundred Million Rupiah) to Rp. 2.500.000.000, – (Two Billion 

Five Hundred Million Rupiah). 

3. Medium Enterprises are productive economic businesses that stand alone, which are 
carried out by individuals or business entities that are not subsidiaries or branches of 

companies that are owned, controlled, or part either directly or indirectly with Small 

Businesses or Large Businesses with the amount of net worth or annual sales proceeds as 

stipulated in this Law, namely the maximum amount of assets > Rp. 500,000,000, – (Five 

Hundred Million Rupiah) up to Rp. 10.000.000.000, – (Ten Billion Rupiah) and the 

maximum amount of turnover > Rp. 2.500.000.000, – (Two Billion Five Hundred Million 

Rupiah) to Rp. 50.000.000.000, – (Fifty Billion Rupiah). 

 

In its development, there are indeed several common problems that are often experienced by most 

MSMEs in Indonesia. Lantu et al (2016) assessed that both internally and externally, there are still 

many MSMEs experienced so that they are considered not highly competitive to encourage 

economic growth and people's income. LPPI and BI (2015) in a survey conducted by him, 

identified that at least the constraints of the MSME business are internal and external. Business 

constraints on internal factors are aspects of capital, human resources, law and accountability. 

Business constraints on external factors are the business climate, infrastructure, and access. 

To achieve business or business success, there are several things that must be taken, one of which 

is by applying agility in the business managerial process. In this context there are two main things 

of agility, namely strategy and method. In the field of strategy, it examines an organization's rapid 

response to changes in the business environment. Meanwhile, in the field of methods, it is trying 

to examine agile methods from a technological perspective and how they affect business 

performance, as a response to the rapid development of technology. Researchers will focus on 

agile methods as mentioned earlier, then explore their effects on MSMEs in Indonesia.  

 

Agile and Organizational Strategies 

The idea of organizational agility system, as proposed by Waluyo et al., (2019) is rooted 

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and organizational flexibility, proactive aspects). Concretely, the OA includes company's ability 

to sense changes in environment and respond easily by reconfiguring the company's set of 

resources, processes in business, and strategies used by the company. In addition, Mithas et al., 

(2011) stated that there are three interrelated dimensions that form OA, namely: 1) Consumer 

Agility, which involves the use of consumer opinions to obtain an increase in market share; 2) 

Agility of Partnering, which consists of the company's ability to absorb knowledge from different 

business partners to improve the company's response to market demand; and 3) Operational 

Agility, which requires a rapid redesign of processes to take advantage of highly dynamic 

environmental and market conditions. Furthermore, OA is understood as a company's response 

capability, it allows for more efficient behavior in a highly volatile environment and complex 

problems within it. This condition requires a quick reaction to change and the company's ability to 

make anticipation and seizing opportunities, especially through innovation and learning 

(Digdowiseiso & Sugiyanto, 2018). Using Dynamic Capabilities View (DCV) approach, OA has 

been identified as an enterprise dynamic capability. DCV is an extension of the Resource-Based 

view based on the results of Barney and Peteraf's research, this view is indispensable in response 

to a highly dynamic environment. The RBV approach has traditionally tended to be focused on the 

internal mechanisms of the organization but dynamic capabilities are influenced by external 

environmental factors (Li et al., 2018). Therefore, the effectiveness of dynamic capabilities within 

the enterprise depends on the context, although the available information is limited regarding the 

combined effects of the organization's internal and external mechanisms. The value of these 

companies increasingly lies in the creation and utilization of knowledge, instead of other types of 

assets or resources (Gorondutse & Hilman, 2019). Thus, an assumption can be made that OC 

values that increase the level of OA in an organization will find more favorable conditions in this 

type of environmental context to exert its positive influence. Therefore, these environmental 

conditions will positively affect the agility value involved in one of the four different typologies 

of OC, as described above.  In such conditions, the values of organizational agility will be 

widespread. 

Agility strategy is defined by Tallon & Pinsonneault (2011) as the ability of companies to 

respond quickly to changes in the business environment, adapt to it and take action to control 

uncertainty.  Kumkale, (2016) believes that strategic agility is a tool for creating a competitive 

advantage for organizations. The author argues about the influence of market conditions such as 

technology, sustainability and competition. In order to survive, one must be responsive to industry 

dynamics and the author suggests strategic agility as an opportunity to create and expand 

competitive advantages. 

For purposes of clarity, we should note that Teece et al., (2016) are used as denominations for 

strategic agility the terms organizational agility or agility. The author defines agility as the capacity 

of an organization to direct resources to create value. Alahyari et al., (2017) consider that strategic 

agility is meant to be a means of generating value. By achieving it, the company manages to make 

a difference in the market and provide better performance both internally and externally. Brătianu 

(2015) adds that in strategic thinking, one always considers value creation as the ultimate goal.  

Păunescu et al., (2018) support and the importance of value creation for the business environment, 

and Adamik et al., (2018) demonstrate the importance of achieving competitive advantage. (Tallon 

et al., 2019) have conducted a screening of literature on the perspective of strategic agility.  

 

Agile Methodology 

 

Numerous organizations use an agile development approach, and found increasing day by 

day in recent decades and produces high-quality software systems (Rehman et al., 2018). When 

requirements change and move towards volatile behavior, agile methods deal with them in an 



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efficient and effective way to manage those requirements iteratively (Salah et al., 2014). Agile 

methods highlight people more, relationships between each other, working software, client 

coalitions, and changes, rather than methods, tools, contracts, and plans (Javanmard & Alian, 

2015). According to an Anupama Kaushik literature review, what are considered as main 

properties of the methodology and what is an integral part of the project management methodology 

in a broader or narrower sense? The urge to combine project management approaches is 

demonstrated in the case of software development projects (Kaushik, 2007). The Scrum Software 

Maintenance Model begins with a planning process that contains version control for the stalking 

of maintenance changes. After planning, special attention is paid to the pattern of the type of 

maintenance demand. Maintenance of repairs was considered a priority and began to be 

implemented by creating new code branches (Srivastava, 2017).  

1. Method  
Methodology is a formula in the application of research where in conducting the research 

there are steps and also research results. Meanwhile, research methodology in field of 

computer science, or information systems, or information technology is the steps or stages 

of planning with the help of several methods, techniques, tools and documentation with the 

aim of assisting researchers in minimizing the risk of failure and emphasizing the research 

process or target (Hasibuan, 2012).  

2. Agile Methods  
According to Schwaber & Sutherland, the agile method is a framework that can overcome a 

complex problem that is always changing, and is also considered to be able to provide good 

product quality according to wishes of users creatively and productively (Hossain et al., 

2009). 

The ability to innovate in today's technology utilization depends on an organization's ability to 

move fast enough to keep pace with consumers who are always active and technology-empowered 

and have rapidly changing expectations (Lewnes, 2021). This is in line with the conditions of the 

Covid-19 pandemic which forces the company's movement to quickly adapt. This agility should 

also be accompanied by a strategy that is authentic, transparent, and intends to do good for their 

customers and the community. Lewnes (2021) also conveyed his findings that companies should 

also focus on innovation, people, processes and technology, which are in line with the company's 

mission and goals. 

According to Higa et al (1997), in the Journal Jaidan (2010) explained that technology is an 

important resource and also a sub-system of organization. Thus, technology has critical 

implications for the company's performance. To stay afloat and excel in market competition, 

companies need to pay attention and be able to gain an edge from technological opportunities to 

support business strategies and improve their operations and services. 

H: Utilization of Agile Methods has a positive and significant effect on company’s 

performance 

 

METHODOLOGY 

 

The method used in this study is a quantitative method. The population used in this study includes 

all MSMEs in Indonesia and is recorded to be operating as of 2022. The sampling method is 

purposive sampling with the following criteria: 1) MSMEs that move and operate for at least 2 

years and are calculated to operate until now; 2) Companies that have implemented agile methods 

based on their respective business contexts; and 3) Complete the available data. In this study, data 

used as analysis resource is primary data.. Data processing analysis uses validity tests, reliability 

tests, and hypothesis tests. Secondary data in the study are taken from related work that supports 

the research. To shorten the elaboration, researchers display the results of data processing from 



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one of the MSMEs studied, then display a graph for the results of data processing from the total of 

all MSMEs studied. 

RESULT AND DISCUSSION 

From the results of questionnaire distributed to 60 employees in one of the MSMEs from 

a total of 30 MSMEs that became objects, data shows the characteristics of respondents based on 

gender obtained information that most of the respondents studied were 63.3% male. Thus, most 

MSME employees are mostly male, this condition is because men have conceptual skills that can 

hold positions as figures who are able to coordinate various activities. 

 

 
Diagram 1. Employees’ Gender in MSME. 

 

Furthermore, the results of the questionnaire which was distributed to 60 employees in one 

of the MSMEs from a total of 30 MSMEs that became objects, data obtained on the characteristics 

of respondents based on the level of education obtained information that most of the respondents 

studied were mostly 52.0% studying up to the Bachelor's level. So, it can be concluded that the 

majority of employees have a fairly good education. 

 

 
 

Diagram 2. Employees’ education background in MSME. 
 

Then the results of the questionnaire were distributed to 60 employees in one of the 

MSMEs out of a total of 30 MSMEs that became objects, data obtained on the characteristics of 

respondents based on their age, many or the majority of employees were under the age of 25 years. 

Thus, the MSME employees studied have employees of that age because in that age range are 

times when a person is in a productive period and wants to always look attractive and like items 

and clothes that are trending and to entertain themselves (Schiffman & Kanuk, 2004). 

 

 

63%

37%

Gender

Male Female

10%

25%

52%

13%

Education

<SMA SMA S1 S2



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Diagram 3. Employees’ Ages in MSME. 

 

In a number of respondents or samples with a total of 60 employees, response results were 

obtained which showed that the level of use of technology by workers or employees in the business 

or businesses run was 63.3%. From these data, it can be seen that the awareness or practice of 

using technology in employee performance is very high, besides that it is also a reference for 

efforts to determine decisions on the use of technology or agile methods with a high level of 

awareness and use.  

.  
 

Diagram 4. Employees’ technological use  in MSME 

 

Then for the measurement results after the application of the agile method, the results are 

obtained as below: 

 

Table 1.  Measurement results after application of Agile Method 

 
Regression equations are used calculate form of relationship between free variables and bound 

variables. Using the help of SPSS for Windows ver. 26.00, it is obtained a regression model as in 

the tables above.  

From the results of multiple linear regression equation, interpretation can be taken, namely, a 

constant of -0.749 shows that when the agile method is not applied or is worth zero (0) and there 

is no change, the business performance will be worth -0.749. Variable X, namely the use of the 

agile method, has a regression coefficient value of 0.813 which shows that when the utilization of 

13%

32%

18%

15%

10%

12%

Age

<20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 >40

63%

37%

Tech Use

Technology Non-Tech

Coefficientsa 

Model 

Unstandardized Coefficients 

Standardized 

Coefficients 

t Sig. B Std. Error Beta 

1 (Constant) -.749 .519  -1.445 .154 

Method Use .813 .039 .940 21.005 .000 

 



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the agile method is increased, business performance will increase by 0.813 times. Or in other words 

in detail it can be explained that the average Employee Performance is -0.749, if the free Variable 

is absent. Employee Performance will increase by 0.813 units for each additional unit X (utilization 

of agile method). So if the use of the agile method has increased by 1 unit, then Employee 

Performance will increase by 0.813 units. Based on the interpretation above, it can be seen that if 

the use of agile methods increases, it will be followed by an increase in Employee Performance.  

To find out the magnitude of contribution of the free variable (utilization of the agile method 

(X)) to the bound variable (Employee Performance) the value of R2 is used. The data can be seen 

as below: 

 

Table 2. Magnitude of contribution of the free variable to the bound variable 

 

 
The coefficient of determination is used to calculate the magnitude of the influence or 

contribution of a free variable to a bound variable. From the analysis in the table obtained the result 

of adjusted R2 (coefficient of determination) of 0.882. This means that 88.2% of employee 

performance variables will be influenced by their free variables, namely the use of the agile 

method, while the remaining 11.8% of Employee Performance variables will be influenced by 

other variables that are not discussed in this study. In addition to the coefficient of determination, 

a correlation coefficient was also obtained which shows the magnitude of the relationship between 

free variables, namely Ease of Use of IT and the Expediency of IT Use with employee performance 

variables, an R value (correlation coefficient) of 0.940, this correlation value shows that the 

relationship between free variables, namely the use of agile methods (X) and Employee 

Performance is included in the strong category because it is more than 0.6. The relationship 

between the free variable, namely the use of the agile method (X) and Employee Performance, is 

positive, meaning that if the free variable is further improved, Employee Performance will also 

increase. 

Next, hypothesis testing data will be presented. Hypothesis testing is an important part of 

research, after the data has been collected and processed. Its main use is to answer the hypothesis 

made by the researcher. F testing or model testing is used to find out whether the results of the 

regression analysis are significant or not, in other words the alleged model is 

appropriate/appropriate or not. If the result is significant, then H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted. 

Whereas if the result is insignificant, then H0 is accepted and H1 is rejected. 

 

Table 3. Hypothesis testing data 

 
Based on Table 3 the calculated F value is 441.222. Whereas F table (α = 0.05; db regression 

= 1 : db residual = 58) is 4.001. Since F calculates > F of the table which is 441,222 > 4,001 or the 

sig value of F (0.000) < α = 0.05 then the regression analysis model is significant. This means that 

H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted so that it can be concluded that the bound variable (Employee 

Performance) can be significantly affected by the free variable of utilization of the agile method 

(X). 

 

ADDITIONAL DATA 

Model Summary 

Model R R Square 

Adjusted R 

Square 

Std. Error of the 

Estimate 

1 .940a .884 .882 .42597 

 

ANOVAa 

Model Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig. 

1 Regression 80.059 1 80.059 441.222 .000b 

Residual 10.524 58 .181   

Total 90.583 59    
 



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An industry survey is conducted between various MSME businesses that are at the level of 

maturity, production processes, organizational experience, characteristics and several other 

different things, which have been controlled to implement the use of agile methods and have 

delivered a number of projects as well as products in a timely and efficient manner. We received 

feedback from around 30 companies, which shows majority of them use agile methods as software 

development and managing them as a support, while others also use dynamic software 

development methodologies. It is important to note that we conduct online surveys with the help 

of google forms, which certainly uses less paper and become easy way to improve survey responses 

instead of physically visiting the company and asking them to have a direct interview. Most of 

participants who filled out gave a good response, which was responded by Software engineers 

from beginner to experienced level. Some managers also filled out an online form, in addition to 

that some CEOs and Human Resource managers represented their business or businesses in the 

process of responding to the questionnaire. For data on the type of agile method used can be seen 

in the chart below: 

 
Diagram 5. Employees’ response of agile methods used as software development. 

 

Managing time and costs in any project is a huge task, as we know that cost management 

on the majority of developments or technology projects always features waste, meaning it is bad 

in terms of cost, it is very difficult to handle many needs at the same time, especially with the 

addition of technology development and projects may have too long or more budgeted schedules. 

The agile method handles this problem very well, survey says that using the agile method, 

developers can easily manage time and cost because the work is divided into parts and sprint is 

determined, developers develop their parts on time and within budget. This makes the progress 

and productivity of the organization very high and cost-effective. The responses from the 

developers of each venture can be seen in the image below: 

 
 

27%

17%
23%

20%

13%

Agile Type

Scrum Crystal DSD FDD Mendix

91%

9%

Developers' Response

Yes No



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Diagram 6. Developers’ response of relation to the use of agile methods 

 

The majority of responses from developers (total 91% of developers) related to the use of agile 

methods in businesses or businesses can increase productivity and cost savings, making it much 

more efficient. In addition, there are responses related to how this agile method affects business 

performance, which are filled directly by the CEO and manager (Project or Business) as follows: 

 

 
Diagram 7. Leaders’ response on how agile methods affect business performance. 

 

 

DISCUSSION 

The results of this study show that the use of agile methods has a significant influence on 

employee performance. The use of agile methods is able to improve employee performance in 

MSMEs in Indonesia, such as working faster, performing better, increasing productivity, effective 

working, making work easier, and usefully affecting employee performance. If the use of the agile 

method is implemented properly and appropriately, it will support optimal employee performance.  

In this study, there is a significant influence of variables of agile method utilization on 

Employee Performance in MSMEs. This is supported by Jaya (2007) who revealed that the use of 

technology can improve employee performance, and in this study used a method that utilizes 

technology agilely, namely the agile method. In addition to the research above, other studies also 

support, such as Putra and Rahmansyah (2012) whose research results show that there is a partial, 

joint, and significant influence between the variables of information technology use on employee 

performance. 

A more earlier study was Hasnain (2010) which provided an efficient discussion to describe 

customers, users, agile techniques and specific problems found in a literature review published 

from 2002 to 2008. Based on these review studies, it is shown that the technical methods needed 

are reviewed in a generic agile approach and are not reviewed in certain agile methodologies such 

as extreme programming, test-based development or crystal programming. Ramesh's findings (Cao 

& Ramesh, 2008) in his survey show that exploration and experimentation are more in need of 

agile practice (Kitchenham & Charters, 2007; Stapleton, 1995). 

 Silva et al., (2011) provide a systematic review of user-centric design and integration of 

agile practices. Examines usability issues related to agile methodology design through literature 

review Silva et al., (2011). The review findings identify that agile teams can solve usability issues 

by adopting a custom user-centric design. These practices have been identified in agile techniques 

such as large design up front, small design up front, and user testing. Barlow et al., (2011) assess 

the impact of using agile practices in large-level projects. The survey suggests a system design 

framework that conveys methodology to large projects for implementing agile practices. The 

results of the survey have help designers and developers to implement development practices in 

0%
10%

50%23%

17%

Leaders' Response

Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree



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large scale organizations. Agile performance has three aspects of constraints, which are time, scope 

and cost (Kitchenham & Charters, 2007). 

 

CONCLUSION 

 

The use of agile methods has an influence on performance of business organizations and 

research interprets that their use is able to improve performance, productivity, save costs, and of 

course as a matter of nature, become more flexible and agile to develop. This study takes data from 

one of the businesses or MSMEs in Indonesia as main core of influence research and presents the 

results of responses from various MSMEs (only 30 businesses) and company position holders, as 

validation of the findings on the business that became the study. The development of this method 

has been widely carried out outside the scope of MSMEs and in many countries other than 

Indonesia. Therefore, this research is important for reference of MSMEs in Indonesia, due to small 

numbers of similar studies related. 

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