Decision-making in Software Project Management: A Systematic Literature Review

Cunha, José C.; Moura, Hermano Perrelli de; Vasconcellos, Francisco J. S.

doi:10.1016/j.procs.2016.09.255

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“…There are many software engineering studies related to decisionmaking, as detailed next. The systematic literature review by Cunha et al [21] investigated how software project managers make their decisions. They identified 27 studies comprising eight main topics.…”

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Insights on the relationship between decision-making style and personality in software engineering

Mendes

Salleh

et al. 2021

Information and Software Technology

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Software development involves many activities, and decision making is an essential one. Various factors can impact a decision-making process, and by understanding such factors, one can improve the process. Since people are the ones making decisions, some human-related aspects are amongst those influencing factors. One such aspect is the decision maker's personality.Objective: This research investigates the relationship between decision-making style and personality within the context of software project development. Method: We conducted a survey in a population of Brazilian software engineers to gather data on their personality and decision-making style. Results: Data from 63 participants was gathered and resulted in the identification of seven statistically significant correlations between decision-making style and personality (personality factor and personality facets). Furthermore, we built a regression model in which decision-making style (DMS) was the response variable and personality factors the independent variables. The backward elimination procedure selected only agreeableness to explain 4.2% of DMS variation. The model accuracy was evaluated and deemed good enough. Regarding the moderation effect of demographic variables (age, educational level, experience, and role) on the relationship between DMS and Agreeableness, the analysis showed that only software engineers' role has such effect. Conclusion:This paper contributes toward understanding the relationship between DMS and personality. Results show that the personality variable agreeableness can explain the variation in decision-making style. Furthermore, someone's role in a software development project can impact the strength of the relationship between DMS and agreeableness.

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“…Colomo-Palacios et al [25] is one of the studies cited in Cunha et al's [21] literature review, and it elaborates upon the impact of emotions in IT organizations' hard decisions. Although emotions are related to neuroticism (a personality factor), this paper does not discuss them from this perspective.…”

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Insights on the relationship between decision-making style and personality in software engineering

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Salleh

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Information and Software Technology

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“…Additionally, both Scopus and Web of Science were included as sources due to some specific differences in their coverage of journals in the area of social sciences and natural sciences and engineering [68]. In addition to Scopus and Web of Science, several publisherspecific online databases (ACM Digital Library, IEEE Explore, SAGE Publications, Science Direct (Elsevier), and Emerald Insight) were included in the search since (1) these provided additional content from most relevant publishers compared to Scopus and Web of Science and could hence contribute additional literature and (2) these were used in other systematic literature reviews in the areas of software engineering domain [62], [69]- [71], agile [72], [73], and project management [74].…”

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“…The PMBOK ® Guide addresses the agile approach in the integration management PMKA by stating that agile and iterative practices should be considered when developing the PMM [52, p. 73,74]. Therefore, the results from the studies that address the application of agile in DWH projects found in this area [S4], [S5], [S6], [S9] can be used as a reference point when developing the PMM.…”

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Project Management in Data Warehouse Implementations: A Literature Review

Bogojevic

2020

IEEE Access

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“…Different decision‐making behaviors bring different outcomes, so the project's success depends on how individuals in a team deal with problems and make decisions. Although many tools and techniques (for example, checklists, and decision models) have been proposed to assist decision making in software projects, no one can explain how people make decisions in their contexts . Individual decision‐making behavior is still seldom focused on in software projects, although it is important for software development and evolution.…”

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Grouping environmental factors influencing individual decision‐making behavior in software projects: A cluster analysis

Jia

Capretz

et al. 2017

J Software Evolu Process

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An individual's decision-making behavior is heavily influenced by and adapted to external environmental factors. Given that software development is a human-centered activity, individual decision-making behavior may affect the software project quality. Although environmental factors affecting decision-making behavior in software projects have been identified in prior literature, there is not yet an objective and a full taxonomy of these factors. Thus, it is not trivial to manage these complex and diverse factors. To address this deficiency, we first design a semantic similarity algorithm between words by utilizing the synonymy and hypernymy relationships in WordNet. Further, we propose a method to measure semantic similarity between phrases and apply it into k-means clustering algorithm to group these factors. Subsequently, we obtain a taxonomy of the environmental factors affecting individual decision-making behavior in software projects, which includes 11 broad categories, each containing 2 to 5 sub-categories. The taxonomy presented herein is obtained by an objective method, and quite comprehensive, with appropriate references provided. The taxonomy holds significant value for researchers and practitioners; it can help them to better understand the major aspects of environmental factors, also to predict and guide the behavior of individuals during decision making towards a successful completion of software projects. KEYWORDScluster analysis, decision-making behavior, environmental factor, semantic similarity, WordNet | INTRODUCTIONDuring software development and evolution, many decisions have to be made concerning people, processes, techniques, and tools.1 For example, facing conflicts, some developers choose a positive cooperative strategy, but others choose a negative avoidance strategy. What makes software engineers choose different decision-making behaviors? Different decision-making behaviors bring different outcomes, so the project's success depends on how individuals in a team deal with problems and make decisions. Although many tools and techniques (for example, checklists, and decision models) have been proposed to assist decision making in software projects, no one can explain how people make decisions in their contexts. 1 Individual decision-making behavior is still seldom focused on in software projects, although it is important for software development and evolution. Recently, Lenberg et al 2 proposed a concept of behavioral software engineering by taking cues from behavioral economics, which underpins the research that focuses on behavioral aspects of software engineers.According to social cognitive theory, overt behavior is influenced by intrinsic personal factors and extrinsic environmental factors. 3,4 Therefore, the factors influencing individual decision-making behavior include 2 aspects: personal and environmental factors. Personal factors, especially personality, have been explored a lot in the software engineering (SE) domain. Environmental factors are also known as situational or...

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Decision-making in Software Project Management: A Systematic Literature Review

Cited by 14 publications

References 5 publications

Insights on the relationship between decision-making style and personality in software engineering

Insights on the relationship between decision-making style and personality in software engineering

Project Management in Data Warehouse Implementations: A Literature Review

Grouping environmental factors influencing individual decision‐making behavior in software projects: A cluster analysis

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