Conceptions and Perceptions of Software Industry Professionals on Team Productivity in Agile Software Development: A Comparative Study
Agile software development (ASD) has generated different benefits in organizations and in the Software Industry, mainly in improving productivity. For ASD teams this indicator plays a fundamental role since it helps determine their performance. However, evaluating productivity is a great challenge a...
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| description | Agile software development (ASD) has generated different benefits in organizations and in the Software Industry, mainly in improving productivity. For ASD teams this indicator plays a fundamental role since it helps determine their performance. However, evaluating productivity is a great challenge and the way in which this concept has been approached in the literature is very limited. The objective of this article is to contrast the conceptions of productivity at the team level from an ASD perspective with the perceptions that professionals in the software industry have. For the methodological design, the notions of team productivity presented in the literature were identified and compared with the perceptions of 72 professionals from the software industry collected through a survey following the protocol proposed by Kitchenham and Pfleeger. The main results show that the concept of team productivity in the literature is associated with a set of dimensions related to satisfaction, delivery of functional software, and knowledge transfer. On the part of the respondents, a perception of general productivity centered on dimensions of customer satisfaction, activity management, and early identification of the problem to be solved is evidenced. It can be concluded that the professionals' imaginaries focus on presenting productivity from a generic perspective and its dimensions do not necessarily involve teamwork. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.revistas.uptc.edu.co:article-138172023-05-31T16:25:24Z Conceptions and Perceptions of Software Industry Professionals on Team Productivity in Agile Software Development: A Comparative Study Concepciones y percepciones de los profesionales de la industria de software sobre productividad de equipo en el Desarrollo Ágil de Software: Un estudio comparativo Guerrero-Calvache, Sandra-Marcela Hernández, Giovanni Agile Software Development Productivity Conceptions Productivity Perceptions Team Team Productivity Desarrollo Ágil de Software Concepciones de Productividad Percepciones de Productividad Equipo Productividad de Equipo Agile software development (ASD) has generated different benefits in organizations and in the Software Industry, mainly in improving productivity. For ASD teams this indicator plays a fundamental role since it helps determine their performance. However, evaluating productivity is a great challenge and the way in which this concept has been approached in the literature is very limited. The objective of this article is to contrast the conceptions of productivity at the team level from an ASD perspective with the perceptions that professionals in the software industry have. For the methodological design, the notions of team productivity presented in the literature were identified and compared with the perceptions of 72 professionals from the software industry collected through a survey following the protocol proposed by Kitchenham and Pfleeger. The main results show that the concept of team productivity in the literature is associated with a set of dimensions related to satisfaction, delivery of functional software, and knowledge transfer. On the part of the respondents, a perception of general productivity centered on dimensions of customer satisfaction, activity management, and early identification of the problem to be solved is evidenced. It can be concluded that the professionals' imaginaries focus on presenting productivity from a generic perspective and its dimensions do not necessarily involve teamwork. El desarrollo ágil de software (ASD por sus siglas en inglés) ha generado diferentes beneficios en las organizaciones y en la Industria de Software, principalmente en la mejora de la productividad. Para los equipos ASD este indicador juega un papel fundamental puesto que contribuye a determinar su desempeño. Sin embargo, evaluar la productividad es un gran reto y la forma en como este concepto ha sido abordado en la literatura es muy limitado. El objetivo de este artículo es contrastar las concepciones de productividad a nivel de equipo desde una perspectiva de ASD con las percepciones que tienen los profesionales de la industria de software. Para el diseño metodológico se identificaron las nociones de productividad de equipo expuestas en la literatura y se compararon con las percepciones de 72 profesionales de la industria de software recopilados a través de una encuesta que siguió el protocolo propuesto por Kitchenham y Pfleeger. Los principales resultados muestran que el concepto de productividad de equipo en la literatura se asocia a un conjunto de dimensiones relacionadas con satisfacción, entrega de software funcional y transferencia de conocimiento. Por parte de los encuestados, se evidencia una percepción de productividad general centrada en las dimensiones: satisfacción de un cliente, gestión de actividades e identificación temprana del problema a solventar. Se puede concluir que los imaginarios de los profesionales se centran en presentar la productividad desde una visión genérica y sus dimensiones no necesariamente involucran el trabajo en equipo. Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2021-12-10 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/xml https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/13817 10.19053/01211129.v30.n58.2021.13817 Revista Facultad de Ingeniería; Vol. 30 No. 58 (2021): October-December 2021 (Continuous Publication); e13817 Revista Facultad de Ingeniería; Vol. 30 Núm. 58 (2021): Octubre-Diciembre 2021 (Publicación Continua) ; e13817 2357-5328 0121-1129 eng https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/13817/11266 https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/13817/11304 Copyright (c) 2021 Sandra-Marcela Guerrero-Calvache, Giovanni Hernández http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Agile Software Development Productivity Conceptions Productivity Perceptions Team Team Productivity Desarrollo Ágil de Software Concepciones de Productividad Percepciones de Productividad Equipo Productividad de Equipo Guerrero-Calvache, Sandra-Marcela Hernández, Giovanni Conceptions and Perceptions of Software Industry Professionals on Team Productivity in Agile Software Development: A Comparative Study |
| title | Conceptions and Perceptions of Software Industry Professionals on Team Productivity in Agile Software Development: A Comparative Study |
| title_alt | Concepciones y percepciones de los profesionales de la industria de software sobre productividad de equipo en el Desarrollo Ágil de Software: Un estudio comparativo |
| title_full | Conceptions and Perceptions of Software Industry Professionals on Team Productivity in Agile Software Development: A Comparative Study |
| title_fullStr | Conceptions and Perceptions of Software Industry Professionals on Team Productivity in Agile Software Development: A Comparative Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conceptions and Perceptions of Software Industry Professionals on Team Productivity in Agile Software Development: A Comparative Study |
| title_short | Conceptions and Perceptions of Software Industry Professionals on Team Productivity in Agile Software Development: A Comparative Study |
| title_sort | conceptions and perceptions of software industry professionals on team productivity in agile software development a comparative study |
| topic | Agile Software Development Productivity Conceptions Productivity Perceptions Team Team Productivity Desarrollo Ágil de Software Concepciones de Productividad Percepciones de Productividad Equipo Productividad de Equipo |
| topic_facet | Agile Software Development Productivity Conceptions Productivity Perceptions Team Team Productivity Desarrollo Ágil de Software Concepciones de Productividad Percepciones de Productividad Equipo Productividad de Equipo |
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