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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Proceedings - 46th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, SEAA 2020 |
| Editors | Antonio Martini, Manuel Wimmer, Amund Skavhaug |
| Pages | 306-313 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISBN (electronic) | 978-1-7281-9532-2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Abstract
Fast feedback promotes agile teams to improve their work during the software process, making it crucial for team success. Information systems accelerate the availability of information that result in compact knowledge sources.In practice, feedback in Sprints is often limited to sole progress and performance measures, e.g., burndown charts or velocity diagrams. Sprint insights related to team dynamics are rarely considered, even though they frequently cause project failures, e.g., lack of social interaction. In this paper, we describe a survey study conducted with international members of the software engineering community to reveal which information helps agile teams the most and provides practical support in Sprints.We describe results in an experience report highlighting the frequent information problems and needs of agile teams, considering the perspective of 90 researchers and practitioners. The responses were quantitatively interpreted. The report promotes understanding about how or what kind of information would be useful for agile development teams. Moreover, it reveals what information problems were perceived as crucial for project success and avoidable, considering proper team feedback.The study endorses practical needs for system-aided feedback that supplies knowledge on the human factors in Sprints. The findings are relevant for practitioners and researchers that struggle on improving team feedback based on information needs.
Keywords
- experience report, human factors, information needs, sprint feedback, team dynamics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Business, Management and Accounting(all)
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
- Computer Science(all)
- Hardware and Architecture
- Computer Science(all)
- Software
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Proceedings - 46th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, SEAA 2020. ed. / Antonio Martini; Manuel Wimmer; Amund Skavhaug. 2020. p. 306-313 9226322.
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T1 - Which Information Help agile Teams the Most? An Experience Report on the Problems and Needs
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AU - Brunotte, Wasja
AU - Schneider, Kurt
N1 - Funding information: This work was funded by the German Research Society (DFG) under the project name Team Dynamics (2018-2020). Grant number 263807701. ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work was funded by the German Research Society (DFG) under the project name Team Dynamics (2018-2020). Grant number 263807701.
PY - 2020
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N2 - Fast feedback promotes agile teams to improve their work during the software process, making it crucial for team success. Information systems accelerate the availability of information that result in compact knowledge sources.In practice, feedback in Sprints is often limited to sole progress and performance measures, e.g., burndown charts or velocity diagrams. Sprint insights related to team dynamics are rarely considered, even though they frequently cause project failures, e.g., lack of social interaction. In this paper, we describe a survey study conducted with international members of the software engineering community to reveal which information helps agile teams the most and provides practical support in Sprints.We describe results in an experience report highlighting the frequent information problems and needs of agile teams, considering the perspective of 90 researchers and practitioners. The responses were quantitatively interpreted. The report promotes understanding about how or what kind of information would be useful for agile development teams. Moreover, it reveals what information problems were perceived as crucial for project success and avoidable, considering proper team feedback.The study endorses practical needs for system-aided feedback that supplies knowledge on the human factors in Sprints. The findings are relevant for practitioners and researchers that struggle on improving team feedback based on information needs.
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