Women in Agile: The Impact of Organizational Support for Women’s Advancement on Teamwork Quality and Performance in Agile Software Development Teams

2021 ◽  
pp. 3-23
Author(s):  
Asli Yüksel Aksekili ◽  
Christoph Johann Stettina
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Agile Software Development ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Software Development Teams ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Agile Software ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Collocation Impact on Team Effectiveness

2010 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Eccles ◽  
J Smith ◽  
M Tanner ◽  
JP Van Belle ◽  
S Van der Watt
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Team Effectiveness ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Agile Software Development ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Effectiveness Factors ◽  
Software Development Teams ◽  
Agile Software ◽  
The Impact

The collocation of software development teams is common, specially in agile software development environments. However little is known about the impact of collocation on the team’s effectiveness. This paper explores the impact of collocating agile software development teams on a number of team effectiveness factors. The study focused on South African software development teams and gathered data through the use of questionnaires and interviews. The key finding was that collocation has a positive impact on a number of team effectiveness factors which can be categorised under team composition, team support, team management and structure and team communication. Some of the negative impact collocation had on team effectiveness relate to the fact that team members perceived that less emphasis was placed on roles, that morale of the group was influenced by individuals, and that collocation was invasive, reduced level of privacy and increased frequency of interruptions. Overall through it is proposed that companies should consider collocating their agile software development teams, as collocation might leverage overall team effectiveness.

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