Year: 2016
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Background: Empirical evidence regarding the connection between group development\n(maturity) and the success of software development teams is lacking. Since software\ndevelopment is primarily a product of team e ort that involves human interaction,\nit is important to investigate the in\nuence of group development on the performance of\nsoftware development teams.\nObjective: The purpose of this research is to gain a qualitative and quantitative understanding\nof how performance of software teams relates to group development. More\nspeci cally, the analysis of group maturity and its association with velocity and planning\ne ectiveness is the objective of this research.\nMethod: The Group Development Questionnaire (GDQ) was given to four participating\nwork groups from company A to assess their group development levels. The work\ngroups' responses to the survey were checked for correlation with development velocity\nand planning e ectiveness. Additionally, semi-structured interviews were conducted\nwith 16 individuals to explore issues about their group maturity and to increase the\nvalidity of our ndings.\nResults: The group maturity measurement had a strong association with the planning\ne ectiveness measurement and showed a signi cant convergent validity, which means that\na more mature team is also a more e ective one in planning its requirements. On the\nother hand, the correlation results between group development and velocity showed no\nconvergent validity, i.e, the group maturity is not related to the velocity of work groups\nin accomplishing tasks.\nConclusion: We conclude that the dynamics within software development teams relate\nto their ability to deliver the expected outcome as planned, but does not relate to their\nability to work faster.
Author: Al-sabbagh Khaled
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2502782422