The Covid 19 Pandemic and its Effects on Agile Software Development
- Companies worldwide have enabled their employees to work remotely as a consequence of the Covid 19 pandemic. Software development is a human-centered discipline and thrives on teamwork. Agile methods are focusing on several social aspects of software development. Software development teams in Germany were mainly co-located before the pandemic. This paper aims to validate the findings of existing studies by expanding on an existing multiple-case study. Therefore, we collected data by conducting semi-structured interviews, observing agile practices, and viewing project documents in three cases. Based on the results, we can confirm the following findings: 1) The teams rapidly adapted the agile practices and roles, 2) communication is more objective within the teams, 3) decreased social exchange between team members, 4) the expectation of a combined approach of remote and onsite work after the pandemic, 5) stable or increased (perceived) performance and 6) stable or increased well-being of team members.
Author: | Michael NeumannORCiDGND, Yevgen Bogdanov, Senol Sager |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:960-opus4-22622 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-2262 |
DOI original: | https://doi.org/10.1145/3520084.3520093 |
ISBN: | 978-1-4503-9551-9 |
Parent Title (English): | ICSIM 2022 : The 5th International Conference on Software Engineering and Information Management (ICSIM) |
Publisher: | ACM |
Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2022 |
Publishing Institution: | Hochschule Hannover |
Release Date: | 2022/05/17 |
Tag: | Agile Software Development; agile methods; covid 19; remote work |
GND Keyword: | Agile Softwareentwicklung; Agilität <Management>; Telearbeit; COVID-19 |
Volume: | 2022 |
First Page: | 51 |
Last Page: | 60 |
Link to catalogue: | 1809368448 |
Institutes: | Fakultät IV - Wirtschaft und Informatik |
DDC classes: | 650 Management |
Licence (German): | Urheberrechtlich geschützt |