People Factors in Agile Software Development and Project Management

Lalsing, Vikash; Kishnah, Somveer; Pudaruth, Sameerchand

doi:10.5121/ijsea.2012.3109

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“…As uncertainties are part of software development, thus project developers have to deal with poorly structured problems (Dingsoyr et al 2012;Lalsing 2012;Nerur, Mahapatra, e Mangalaraj 2005) .…”

Section: Proposal Of Integrated Model: Design Thinking and Agile Mmentioning

confidence: 99%

Agile Design: A Combined Model Based on Design Thinking and Agile Methodologies for Digital Games Projects

Higuchi¹,

Nakano²

2017

GeP

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Traditional approaches to project management seek to discipline the execution and to organize different activities to be performed in order to reach the project goals. However, that focus may not be suitable for the beginning of projects that require creativity, as in the case of digital games. This article aims to develop a project management model that covers the whole process of digital games development, by combining two approaches, Design Thinking and Agile Methodology. The proposed model was constructed based on the theoretical framework of both methodologies, and has three parts: the Design Thinking phase, the Connection phase and the SCRUM phase. In order to evaluate the pertinence of the model, a qualitative exploratory study was conducted through semi-structured interviews with game developers of the Brazilian market. It was observed that many aspects of Design Thinking are used in the game development, that agile development is fully diffused in this process, and that association of both methodologies, besides being possible, can contribute to the efficiency of this process. The main contribution of this work is the presentation of an integrated model of project management that fully attends the process of the digital games development.Keywords: Game Development, Design Thinking, Agile Methodologies; Project Management. PROJETO AGIL: UM MODELO COMBINADO COM BASE EM PENSAMENTOS DE DESENHO E METODOLOGIAS AGILAIS PARA PROJETOS DE JOGOS DIGITAL RESUMOAs abordagens tradicionais de gestão de projetos procuram disciplinar a execução e organizar as diferentes atividades. Porém, esse foco pode não ser adequado para o início de projetos que exijam criatividade, como no caso dos jogos digitais. Este artigo tem como objetivo elaborar um modelo de gestão de projetos que cubra todo o processo de desenvolvimento de jogos digitais, através da combinação de duas abordagens, o Design Thinking e a Metodologia Ágil. O modelo proposto foi construído a partir do referencial teórico de ambas as metodologias, e possui três partes: fase do Design Thinking, fase de conexão das abordagens e fase do SCRUM. Para avaliar a pertinência do modelo foi realizado um estudo qualitativo de caráter exploratório, através de entrevistas semi-estruturadas com desenvolvedores de jogos do mercado brasileiro. Foi observado que muitos aspectos do Design Thinking são utilizados no desenvolvimento de jogos, que o desenvolvimento ágil está plenamente difundido nesse processo, e que associação de ambas as metodologias além de ser possível, pode contribuir para na eficiência de todo o processo. A principal contribuição do trabalho é apresentação de um modelo integrado de gestão de projetos que atende por completo o processo de desenvolvimento de jogos digitais.Palavras-chave: Desenvolvimento de Jogos; Design Thinking; Metodologia Ágil; Gerenciamento de Projetos.

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Section: Proposal Of Integrated Model: Design Thinking and Agile Mmentioning

confidence: 99%

Agile Design: A Combined Model Based on Design Thinking and Agile Methodologies for Digital Games Projects

Higuchi¹,

Nakano²

2017

GeP

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“…The main behavior of the developer when faces a problem [5], [7], [8], [10], [17], [18], [19], [21], [22] Communication with the team members Willingness to help a colleague Individual characteristics Creativity [23], [24] Entrepreneurship Pro-activity Leadership Commitment to the team / company Planning and organization [22], [25], [26] Focus on the costumers Focus on the results Time of work in the organization III. METHODOLOGY To investigate the current practice of developers' evaluation, we decided to perform a survey with human subjects in real software companies to extract the desired information and analyze it.…”

Section: Behavioral Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Developers' importance from the leader perspective

Tangari

Maia

2015

International Conferences on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

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Abstract-Several companies use the amount of deliveries as a metric of performance evaluation of the developer. However, the productivity of a developer and his importance for the company is not only related to the amount of lines of code produced. There are a variety of factors that can contribute to the relevance of a developer for a team. This paper aims at mapping some of these factors, measuring those that are more important for companies and propose an evaluation model of developer importance that considers more than just deliveries. We have found that some factors are more important than others and that there are minor differences for different companies. We have also developed a high accuracy classifier that can indicate the importance of the developer based on a set of attributes.

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“…Agile is a people-focused approach [27] and considered effective in terms of team work and collaboration of small teams. People factors that can affect the performance of the team from an agile perspective are analyzed.…”

Section: Agile Team Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%