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Considering the SLR, we found 48 resulting studies where the most cited human factors were: Communication (23 papers), Collaboration (6 papers), and Trust (8 papers). The survey was answered by 186 companies that consider communication the most important factor. So we conclude that Communication, Trust, and Collaboration are important factors in projects using agile methods but other factors need to be more investigated due to the perception of their value to the industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aline Chagas, Melquizedequi Santos, C\u00e9lio Santana, Alexandre Vasconcelos<\/strong><br \/>\nCentro de Inform\u00e1tica \u2013 CIn,<br \/>\nUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco \u2013 UFPE<br \/>\nRecife, Pernambuco \u2013 Brasil<br \/>\n{acrm2, mcs6, casj, amlv}@cin.ufpe.br<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This research aims to provide more evidence about the impact of human factors in agile software projects. 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