Does the XP environment meet the motivational needs of the software developer? An empirical study

Beecham, Sarah; Sharp, Helen; Baddoo, Nathan; Hall, Tracy; Robinson, Hugh

doi:10.1109/agile.2007.22

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“…Beecham et al [28], based on the general research claim that agile methods lead to higher motivation, carried out a case study with five mature XP teams and concluded that agile practices are somewhat supportive to the motivation of software engineers regarding peer relationships. However, the XP environment did not support individual needs of recognition, clear career progression, and variety of work.…”

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Motivation in software engineering industrial practice: A cross-case analysis of two software organisations

França

Silva²,

Felix³

et al. 2014

Information and Software Technology

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Section: Related Case Studiesmentioning

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Motivation in software engineering industrial practice: A cross-case analysis of two software organisations

França

Silva²,

Felix³

et al. 2014

Information and Software Technology

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“…To be successful, a flexible process should consider these factors and provide adequate support for knowledge sharing. As identified in [2], agile practices (XP), seems to support developers motivational needs (RQ1). Their motivational needs included, among others: knowledge sharing, support for the less experienced and knowledge acquisition.…”

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confidence: 92%

Challenges in Flexible Safety-Critical Software Development – An Industrial Qualitative Survey

Notander

Höst

Runeson

2013

Product-Focused Software Process Improvement

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Abstract. Context. Development of safety-critical systems is mostly governed by process-heavy paradigms, while increasing demands on flexibility and agility also reach this domain. Objectives. We wanted to explore in more detail the industrial needs and challenges when facing this trend. Method. We launched a qualitative survey, interviewing engineers from four companies in four different industry domains. Results. The survey identifies human factors (skills, experience, and attitudes) being key in safety-critical systems development, as well as good documentation. Certification cost is related to change frequency, which is limiting flexibility. Component reuse and iterative processes were found to increase adaptability to changing customer needs. Conclusions. We conclude that agile development and flexibility may co-exist with safetycritical software development, although there are specific challenges to address.

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“…technical success, challenging technical problems (Tanner, 2003;Ramachandran and Rao, 2006) and peer interaction (Tanner 2003;Procaccino et al 2005). We found previously (Beecham et al, 2007) an increasing awareness of the importance of motivating software developers.…”

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Exploring motivational differences between software developers and project managers

Sharp¹,

Hall²,

Baddoo³

et al. 2007

The 6th Joint Meeting on European Software Engineering Conference and the ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software

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In this paper, we describe our investigation of the motivational differences between project managers and developers. Motivation has been found to be a central factor in successful software projects. However the motivation of software engineers is generally poorly understood and previous work done in the area is thought to be largely out-of-date. We present data collected from 6 software developers and 4 project managers at a workshop we organized at the XP2006 international conference.

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Does the XP environment meet the motivational needs of the software developer? An empirical study

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Cited by 30 publications

References 41 publications

Motivation in software engineering industrial practice: A cross-case analysis of two software organisations

Motivation in software engineering industrial practice: A cross-case analysis of two software organisations

Challenges in Flexible Safety-Critical Software Development – An Industrial Qualitative Survey

Exploring motivational differences between software developers and project managers

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