Measuring productivity in agile software development process: a scoping study

Shah, Syed Muhammad Ali; Papatheocharous, Efi; Nyfjord, Jaana

doi:10.1145/2785592.2785618

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“…Software measurement is the process of representing software entities in quantitative numbers . In ASD, efficiency is usually measured in terms of the quantity of developed software and the time, effort, or cost expended in the development process . In this work, two efficiency indicators that are frequently measured in the studied organization are investigated: effort to develop Use Case Points (UCPs) and “rate.”…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Group maturity, team efficiency, and team effectiveness in software development: A case study in a CMMI‐DEV Level 5 organization

Ramírez‐Mora

Oktaba

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2019

J Software Evolu Process

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Group aspects are essential to the success of software projects; however, almost no research regarding group maturity in CMMI‐DEV Level 5 organizations has been conducted. The objective of this work is to investigate group maturity and its relationship to the efficiency and effectiveness of Agile Software Development teams in a CMMI‐DEV Level 5 organization. A case study was conducted, and three data collection methods were used: a validated questionnaire was given to nine agile software teams (59 people) to measure specific aspects of group maturity, team efficiency, and team effectiveness; the effort to develop Use Case Points and a group rate (related to productivity and salary) were collected to investigate team efficiency, and focus group sessions and semi‐structured interviews were conducted with project managers and team leaders to explore group issues in software development. Aspects of group maturity were correlated with team effectiveness and team efficiency measures. Communication was found to be strongly correlated with team effectiveness and group rate, and conformity and the clarity of roles and goals were found to be strongly correlated with team efficiency. The results suggest that group maturity has a positive influence on software teams in CMMI‐DEV Level 5 organizations.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Group maturity, team efficiency, and team effectiveness in software development: A case study in a CMMI‐DEV Level 5 organization

Ramírez‐Mora

Oktaba

Pérez

2019

J Software Evolu Process

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“…Similarly, productivity is the rate of output per unit of input [53]. Information is the measure of exertion we spend on the venture to convey the software, but there is no direct estimation for output measurement.…”

Section: Economic Dimensionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Green Measurements for Software Product Based on Sustainability Dimensions

Raisian¹,

Yahaya²,

Deraman³

2022

Computer Systems Science and Engineering

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Software is a central component in the modern world and vastly affects the environment's sustainability. The demand for energy and resource requirements is rising when producing hardware and software units. Literature study reveals that many studies focused on green hardware; however, limited efforts were made in the greenness of software products. Green software products are necessary to solve the issues and problems related to the long-term use of software, especially from a sustainability perspective. Without a proper mechanism for measuring the greenness of a particular software product executed in a specific environment, the mentioned benefits will not be attained. Currently, there are not enough works to address this problem, and the green status of software products is uncertain and unsure. This paper aims to identify the green measurements based on sustainable dimensions in a software product. The second objective is to reveal the relationships between the elements and measurements through empirical study. The study is conducted in two phases. The first phase is the theoretical phase, where the main components, measurements and practices that influence the sustainability of a software product are identified. The second phase is the empirical study that involved 103 respondents in Malaysia investigating current practices of green software in the industrial environment and further identifying the main sustainability dimensions and measurements and their impact on achieving green software products. This study has revealed seven green measurements of software product: Productivity, Usability, Cost Reduction, Employee Support, Energy Efficiency, Resource Efficiency and Tool Support. The relationships are statistically significant, with a significance level of less than 0.01 (p = 0.000). Thus, the hypothesised relationships were all accepted. The contributions of this study revolve around the research perspectives of the measurements to attain a green software product.

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“…ID-1. Measuring Productivity in Agile Software Development Process: A Scoping Study (2015) [28] ID-2. An Evolution of Software Metrics: A Review (2017) [29] ID-3.…”

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Measures related to social and human factors that influence productivity in software development teams

Machuca-Villegas

Gasca‐Hurtado

Muñoz

2021

IJISPM

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Software companies need to measure their productivity. Measures are useful indicators to evaluate processes, projects, products, and people who are part of software development teams. The results of these measurements are used to make decisions, manage projects, and improve software development and project management processes. This research is based on selecting a set of measures related to social and human factors (SHF) that influence productivity in software development teams and therefore in project management. This research was performed in three steps. In the first step, there was performed a tertiary literature review aimed to identify measures related to productivity. Then, the identified measures were submitted for its evaluation to project management experts and finally, the measures selected by the experts were mapped to the SHF. A set of 13 measures was identified and defined as a key input for designing improvement strategies. The measures have been compared to SHF to evaluate the development team's performance from a more human context and to establish indicators in productivity improvement strategies of software projects. Although the number of productivity measures related to SHF is limited, it was possible to identify the measures used in both traditional and agile contexts.

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Measuring productivity in agile software development process: a scoping study

Cited by 15 publications

References 24 publications

Group maturity, team efficiency, and team effectiveness in software development: A case study in a CMMI‐DEV Level 5 organization

Group maturity, team efficiency, and team effectiveness in software development: A case study in a CMMI‐DEV Level 5 organization

Green Measurements for Software Product Based on Sustainability Dimensions

Measures related to social and human factors that influence productivity in software development teams

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