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The Impact of Agile Methodology on Software Team’s Work-Related Well-Being

Omar, Mazni and Syed Abdullah, Sharifah Lailee (2015) The Impact of Agile Methodology on Software Team’s Work-Related Well-Being. International Journal of Software Engineering and Its Applications, 9 (3). pp. 123-136. ISSN 1738-9984

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Abstract

Agile methodology is people-oriented.However, little evidence demonstrates the methodology effectiveness on humanistic aspects.Work-related well-being is measured to what extent the agile methodology can give impact on anxiety, contentment, depression, and enthusiasm level among software engineering (SE) teams.This paper aims to investigate empirically the effect of agile methodology on software development team’s work-related well-being.To achieve this goal, a comparison study was carried out in an academic setting. A quantitative approach using statistical analysis was used to investigate the effect. Results showed that agile does not significantly affect work-related well-being.Nonetheless, the team that is able to apply the agile practices as closely as possible experienced higher level of enthusiasm during software project.This study provides additional empirical data in software engineering research and practices specifically on human aspects.Further investigation needs to be carried out on the software projects with higher task complexity.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Agile methodology, Work-related well-being, Software engineering teams, Human aspects, Anxiety, Contentment, Depression, Enthusiasm
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software
Divisions: School of Computing
Depositing User: Mrs. Norazmilah Yaakub
Date Deposited: 15 Feb 2018 01:19
Last Modified: 15 Feb 2018 01:19
URI: https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/23273

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