Using a Large Whiteboard Wall to Support Software Development Teams

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Socha ◽  
Troy Frever ◽  
Chunchao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Software Development Teams ◽  
Support Software

scholarly journals Tool for Measuring Productivity in Software Development Teams

Information ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 396
Author(s):  
Jhemeson Silva Mota ◽  
Heloise Acco Tives ◽  
Edna Dias Canedo
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Software Projects ◽  
Productivity Measurement ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Software Development Teams ◽  
Team Productivity ◽  
Support Software ◽  
Future Work

Despite efforts to define productivity, there is no consensus in the software industry regarding what the term productivity means and, instead of having only one metric or factor that describes productivity, it is defined by a set of aspects. Our objective is to develop a tool that supports the productivity measurement of software development teams according to the factors found in the literature. We divided these factors into four groups: People, Product, Organization, and Open Source Software Projects. We developed a web system containing the factors that influence productivity identified in this work, called Productive, to support software development teams in measuring their productivity. After developed the tool, we monitored its use over eight weeks with two small software development teams. From the results, we found that software development companies can use the system to support monitoring team productivity. The results also point to an improvement in productivity while using the system, and a survey applied to users demonstrates the users’ positive perception regarding the results obtained. In future work, we will monitor the use of the tool and investigate the users’ perceptions in other project contexts.

scholarly journals Cherry Picking - Agile Software Development Teams Applying Design Thinking Tools

2021 ◽  
pp. 201-206
Author(s):  
Franziska Dobrigkeit ◽  
Christoph Matthies ◽  
Philipp Pajak ◽  
Ralf Teusner
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Agile Software Development ◽  
Agile Development ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Software Products ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Software Development Teams ◽  
Agile Software ◽  
Support Software

AbstractDesign Thinking (DT) is an established approach to conceptualize software products before starting the product development work. Research suggests that software development can benefit from a continuous integration of DT throughout Agile development processes. However, practitioners and researchers lack an in-depth understanding of which tools from the ever-growing DT toolbox are suited to support software development teams and their processes and how these tools can be applied to the teams’ daily work. As initial steps towards closing this knowledge gap, we present our experiences from testing five different DT tools from a previously developed toolbox with four Agile software development teams. Each team chose three tools to apply to their product, problem, and context during a workshop. We present summarised findings regarding the use cases, benefits, and challenges of these tools as experienced by the participants. Overall, the teams welcomed the DT tools and were able to independently apply them to achieve the desired effects, e.g., to highlight user needs, find product issues, and discover team challenges.

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