Soft skills of delivery managers in a co-sourced software project

Schlichter, Bjarne Rerup; Buchynska, Tetiana

doi:10.1016/j.procs.2021.01.246

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“…Much formal and informal literature cite the importance of the programmer role [63], and the skills or attributes that programmers and software developers should have [64]. Next, we summarize some proposals for soft skills, which are appropriate for software developers: creativity [65][66][67][68], critical thinking (problem solving, analysis) [67,68], self-learning, reading and comprehension, interpretation, inference, explanation, open-mindedness, self-regulation [67], effective communication, effective cooperation [65,69], engagement, commitment, teamwork [61,68], leadership skills, customer service, emotional intelligence [61], motivation [70], tasks identification, planning and scheduling, conflict resolution [68]. In the last six years, the WEF [1] is leading in the looked at current employment, skills, and workforce strategies to identify the top ten skills everyone will need in the fourth industrial revolution.…”

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How COVID-19 Pandemic affects Software Developers’ Wellbeing, and the New Trends in Soft Skills in Working from Home

Juárez‐Ramírez¹,

Navarro-Cota²,

Licea³

et al. 2023

Proceedings of ISP RAS

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The coronavirus COVID-19 swept the world in early 2020, working from home was a necessity. In the software industry, thousands of software developers began working from home, many did so on short notice, under difficult and stressful conditions. The emotions of developers can be affected by this situation. On the other hand, some well-known soft skills have been emphasized as required for working remotely. Software engineering research lacks theory and methodologies for addressing human aspects in software development. In this paper, we present an exploratory study focused on the developers’ wellbeing during pandemic, expressed as emotions, and the perceptions of the level in which soft skills are practiced/required in the working from home mode. The results show that high percent expressed to experience positive emotions, however, a portion of respondents expressed to feel negative emotions. In the case of soft skills, some of them are revealed as practiced in high level in working from home, but still there is not consensus.

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Section: The New Trends In Soft Skillsmentioning

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How COVID-19 Pandemic affects Software Developers’ Wellbeing, and the New Trends in Soft Skills in Working from Home

Juárez‐Ramírez¹,

Navarro-Cota²,

Licea³

et al. 2023

Proceedings of ISP RAS

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“…The effectiveness and correctness of the document management system is largely determined by organizational strategy, human resource management, and knowledge management. Highly developed (systematized) business processes in this area guarantee a quick implementation of a document management system, which in turn significantly improves the standards of organization management [26][27][28][29][30][31][32].…”

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Management of the Documentation Release by the Programmable Electrical Energy Flow-Individually Made Machine Called Documentomat

2021

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It is well known that in a turbulent world (full of processed information), information has a particularly high value. Wide access to technology makes the data transformation and transmission processes faster and more vulnerable to leaks and unauthorized access. This publication discusses the concept of information security management based on a development of a machine called documentomat. It is the machine built to automatically release documents with regard to high security standards. The entire flow of the documents in the company has been presented and the formalized process of decision-making to develop and finally build above-mentioned machine was described. The problems and doubts raised during the machine building process were presented along with the solutions adopted. The device has been designed, constructed, and programmed within the resources of one micro-sized limited liability company in Europe. Thus, it is the solution working in a real world that may find application in many similar companies, not the theoretical concept only. The final result exceeded the expectations of the project team, leading to strengthening of the competitive position of the company. This occurred through the following aspects: adding significant advantage to its offer, which is the ability to release the documents at any time with regard to high security standards. Moreover, the long-term level of costs of such a solution seems to be very low. During the one year of operation period, two malfunctions took place, each was repaired in just 3 h (repair and improvement, labor only, no spare parts needed). Any further maintenance, repair, or development can be done at very affordable prices, at non-available on the market labor cost, which will potentially further strengthen the impact of the solution on the competitiveness of the company. Improvement in terms of competitiveness of the company and data safety has been gained. The success of this project proves that, in some cases, it is worth to develop the necessary solution within the resources of the company rather than buying one from an external enterprise.

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“…Much formal and informal literature cite the importance of the programmer role [ 63 ], and the skills or attributes that programmers and software developers should have [ 64 ]. Next, we summarize some proposals for soft skills, which are appropriate for software developers: creativity [ 65 – 68 ], critical thinking (problem solving, analysis) [ 67 , 68 ], self-learning, reading and comprehension, interpretation, inference, explanation, open-mindedness, self-regulation [ 67 ], effective communication, effective cooperation [ 65 , 69 ], engagement, commitment, teamwork [ 61 , 68 ], leadership skills, customer service, emotional intelligence [ 61 ], motivation [ 70 ], tasks identification, planning and scheduling, conflict resolution [ 68 ].…”

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How COVID-19 Pandemic affects Software Developers’ Wellbeing, and the Necessity to strengthen Soft Skills

Juárez‐Ramírez

Navarro

Licea

et al. 2022

Program Comput Soft

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The coronavirus COVID-19 swept the world in early 2020, working from home was a necessity. In the software industry, thousands of software developers began working from home, many did so on short notice, under difficult and stressful conditions. The emotions of developers can be affected by this situation. On the other hand, some well-known soft skills have been emphasized as required for working remotely. Software engineering research lacks theory and methodologies for addressing human aspects in software development. In this paper we present an exploratory study with a survey applied to practitioners in the west border area of Mexico-USA. It is focused on the developers’ wellbeing during pandemic, expressed as emotions, and the perceptions of the level in which soft skills are practiced/required in the working from home mode. The results show that high percent expressed to experience positive emotions, however, a portion of respondents expressed to feel negative emotions. In general terms, 91.0% of respondents expressed to be satisfied working from home, but some conditions should be improved. In the case of soft skills, some of them are revealed as practiced in high level in working from home, but still there is not consensus.

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Soft skills of delivery managers in a co-sourced software project

Cited by 7 publications

References 20 publications

How COVID-19 Pandemic affects Software Developers’ Wellbeing, and the New Trends in Soft Skills in Working from Home

How COVID-19 Pandemic affects Software Developers’ Wellbeing, and the New Trends in Soft Skills in Working from Home

Management of the Documentation Release by the Programmable Electrical Energy Flow-Individually Made Machine Called Documentomat

How COVID-19 Pandemic affects Software Developers’ Wellbeing, and the Necessity to strengthen Soft Skills

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