The Impact of an Agile Methodology on the Well Being of Development Teams |
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Authors: | Sharifah Syed-Abdullah Mike Holcombe Marian Gheorge |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, UK |
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Abstract: | This paper describes an empirical study, which addresses the aspect of well being amongst members of the software development
teams. The question of interest is whether an agile methodology has any distinct effect on the well being of the software
developers. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were utilised, including the participative observation, focus group
interviews, close-ended questionnaires and simple statistical tests such as Spearman Correlation and Mann–Whitney test. Initial
results showed that an agile methodology (XP) has a positive effect on the level of enthusiasm of the software developers
in the most dynamic project. To understand why XP can increase enthusiasm, results are interpreted with references to cognitive,
affective and managerial properties of the practices studied. This result needs further investigation on the individual effects
of each practice on the wellbeing and attitudes of Software Engineering (SE) teams. |
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Keywords: | Extreme programming Agile methodology Work related well being SE teams Anxiety Contentment Depression Enthusiasm |
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