Measures related to social and human factors that influence productivity in software development teams

Abstract

Software companies need to measure their productivity. Measures are useful indicators to evaluate processes, projects, products, and people who are part of software development teams. The results of these measurements are used to make decisions, manage projects, and improve software development and project management processes. This research is based on selecting a set of measures related to social and human factors (SHF) that influence productivity in software development teams and therefore in project management. This research was performed in three steps. In the first step, there was performed a tertiary literature review aimed to identify measures related to productivity. Then, the identified measures were submitted for its evaluation to project management experts and finally, the measures selected by the experts were mapped to the SHF. A set of 13 measures was identified and defined as a key input for designing improvement strategies. The measures have been compared to SHF to evaluate the development team's performance from a more human context and to establish indicators in productivity improvement strategies of software projects. Although the number of productivity measures related to SHF is limited, it was possible to identify the measures used in both traditional and agile contexts.

Enhancing project quality through effective team management

“…Quality is achieved thanks to people, their attitudes, and their commitment [15]. Many scientific publications and those popularizing pro-quality approaches focus on implementing methods and techniques [1].…”

“…Achieving high-quality results by the team requires, among others, commitment, cooperation, openness, and trust [15], [24]. In some cases, a project-oriented and collaborative mindset may be more critical than those competencies that can be acquired quickly.…”

Reestruturação De Um Squad De Desenvolvimento De Software Ágil Em Dois Novos Squads: Um Estudo De Caso Em Uma Instituição Financeira

“…Em nível de gerenciamento de projetos, todas as empresas de software precisam medir a produtividade de seus projetos, pois isso permite obter indicadores para gerenciar e avaliar processos, projetos, produtos e pessoas (Machuca-Villegas et al, 2021). Os resultados dessas medições são usados para tomar decisões e melhorar seus projetos de software.…”

“…A produtividade em desenvolvimento de software pode ser definida como a razão entre o output e o input dentro do seu processo de desenvolvimento (Machuca-Villegas et al, 2021). O output é o resultado gerado, podendo ser o serviço final, as tarefas executadas, linhas de código, mudanças implementadas, entre outros.…”