An Initial Theory to Understand and Manage Requirements Engineering Debt in Practice

Frattini, Julian; Fucci, Davide; Méndez, Daniel; Spínola, Rodrigo O.; Mandić, Vladimir; Taušan, Nebojša; Ahmad, Muhammad Ovais; González-Huerta, Javier

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“…Technical Debt has been rigorously investigated [14], and the metaphor is now used to describe also other types of organizational debt. For example, the debt metaphor has also been used in requirements engineering [11]. Ahmad and Gustavsson [1] recently conducted a systematic mapping review on nontechnical debt in software engineering and found 17 studies that investigate social, process, and people debts.…”

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Organizational Debt in Large-Scale Hybrid Agile Software Development: A Case Study on Coordination Mechanisms

Liu,

Stray,

Sporsem

2023

Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing

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Software development is a complex human-centered activity, increasingly complicated by agile organizations scaling and adopting hybrid work. While technical debt has been extensively studied, other forms of debt-organizational, process, cultural, and social-have received less attention. We conducted a case study using ten semi-structured interviews, observations, and document analysis to identify coordination mechanisms used in large-scale hybrid agile. We identified organizational debt challenges such as a lack of shared mental models, team coordination, team cohesion, and team learning. Also, the hybrid working arrangement was found to create tension between increased individual autonomy and team objectives, as well as between team autonomy and inter-team coordination. We found 23 coordination mechanisms that the teams used to address challenges in their organization. We propose that implementing many of these mechanisms may help manage organizational debt.

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confidence: 99%