Exploring Norms in Agile Software Teams

The majority of software developers work in teams and are thus influenced by team norms. Norms are shared expectations of how to behave and regulate the interaction between team members. Our aim of this study is to gain more knowledge about team norms in software teams and to increase the understand...

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Published inProduct-Focused Software Process Improvement Vol. 10027; pp. 458 - 467
Main Authors Stray, Viktoria, Fægri, Tor Erlend, Moe, Nils Brede
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 2016
Springer International Publishing
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Subjects
Behavioral software engineering
Collaboration
Group norms
Self-managing teams
Team values
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ISBN9783319490939
3319490931
ISSN0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-49094-6_31

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Summary:The majority of software developers work in teams and are thus influenced by team norms. Norms are shared expectations of how to behave and regulate the interaction between team members. Our aim of this study is to gain more knowledge about team norms in software teams and to increase the understanding of how norms influence teamwork in agile software development projects. We conducted a study of norms in four agile teams located in Norway and Malaysia. The analysis of 22 interviews revealed that we could extract a varied set of both injunctive and descriptive norms. Our results suggest that team norms have an important role in enabling team performance.
ISBN:9783319490939
3319490931
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-49094-6_31