Software development requires intense collaboration within, across teams, and with the client. Since the popularization of agile software development in the 2000s, the virtuous effects of transparent collaboration have been emphasized. However, some studies have alluded to concerns with full information disclosure and mentioned that teams may benefit by withholding some information. We used case studies to explore such situations. We adopted a privacy theoretical lens because it is antithetical to the information disclosure lens and offers frames to comprehend how professional information can be retained by individuals, shared to restricted circles or entirely divulged. We found situations when the disclosure paradigm is challenged in agile processes. There is ambiguity in the disclosure message because individual and collective information retention do play a role in agile development. Our findings help refine information systems development philosophies and practices. We also extend our understanding of the communication privacy management theory to a context where full disclosure is preferred to privacy, and where control over privacy depends on allowances granted by a third party, which can generalize to other settings (e.g., social media platforms).

软件开发需要团队内部、团队之间以及与客户之间的紧密协作。自 2000 年代敏捷软件开发普及以来，透明协作的良性效应一直被强调。然而，一些研究暗示了对全面信息披露的担忧，并提到团队可能会因隐瞒某些信息而受益。我们使用案例研究来探索这种情况。我们采用隐私理论视角，因为它与信息披露视角对立，并提供框架来理解个人如何保留专业信息、分享给受限圈子或完全泄露。我们发现了披露范式在敏捷流程中受到挑战的情况。披露信息存在歧义，因为个人和集体信息保留确实在敏捷开发中发挥作用。我们的发现有助于完善信息系统开发理念和实践。我们还将我们对通信隐私管理理论的理解扩展到完全披露优于隐私的情况，并且对隐私的控制取决于第三方授予的许可，这可以推广到其他环境（例如，社交媒体平台）。