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Job satisfaction and motivation in a large agile team

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XP'07: Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Agile processes in software engineering and extreme programming

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Agile software development processes emphasize team work in small groups as one of the features that contribute to high software quality and knowledge dispersion among developers. Research supports claims that agile methods also lead to higher motivation and job satisfaction among developers. Research in workplace psychology indicates that factors like autonomy, variety, significance, feedback, and ability to complete a whole task are significant factors to ensure satisfaction and motivation among workers. In this case study, we show, through the analysis of semi structured interviews with software developers and business representatives, that large teams continuously adapting the SCRUM methodology are able to ensure these empowering factors, and thus ensure a staff of motivated and satisfied software developers. The study presented is based on data from an agile project involving 70 people (including 30 developers) building a software product for the oil & gas industry.

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Kropp MMeier AAnslow CBiddle RRainer AMacDonell SKeung J(2018)Satisfaction, Practices, and Influences in Agile Software DevelopmentProceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering 201810.1145/3210459.3210470(112-121)Online publication date: 28-Jun-2018
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XP'07: Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Agile processes in software engineering and extreme programming

June 2007

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Giulio Concas
Università di Cagliari, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica ed Elettronica, Cagliari, Italy
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Ernesto Damiani
Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Tecnologie dell'Informazione, Crema, Italy
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Marco Scotto
Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Bolzano, BZ, Italy
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Giancarlo Succi
Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Bolzano, BZ, Italy

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