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Software engineering is a highly dynamic discipline. Hence, as times change, so too might our beliefs about core processes in this field. This paper checks some five beliefs that originated in the past decades that comment on the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-05-26 N. C. Shrikanth , William Nichols , Fahmid Morshed Fahid , Tim Menzies

The growing literature on affect among software developers mostly reports on the linkage between happiness, software quality, and developer productivity. Understanding happiness and unhappiness in all its components -- positive and negative…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-04-24 Daniel Graziotin , Fabian Fagerholm , Xiaofeng Wang , Pekka Abrahamsson

Context: Most software companies strive to have high-performing teams and mitigate withdrawal behaviors like being present but unproductive. In this context, psychological safety and developers perceived impact are suggested as potential…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-04-26 Mary Sánchez-Gordón , Ricardo Colomo-Palacios , Muhammad Azeem Akbar , Monica Kristiansen Holone

The growing literature on affect among software developers mostly reports on the linkage between happiness, software quality, and developer productivity. Understanding the positive side of happiness -- positive emotions and moods -- is an…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2017-07-04 Daniel Graziotin , Fabian Fagerholm , Xiaofeng Wang , Pekka Abrahamsson

The well-being of software engineers is increasingly under strain due to the high-stress nature of their roles, which involve complex problem-solving, tight deadlines, and the pressures of rapidly evolving technologies. Despite increasing…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-04-03 Cristina Martinez Montes , Birgit Penzenstadler , Robert Feldt

Software development is intellectual, based on collaboration, and performed in a highly demanding economic market. As such, it is dominated by time pressure, stress, and emotional trauma. While studies of affect are emerging and rising in…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2017-07-04 Jan-Peter Ostberg , Daniel Graziotin , Stefan Wagner , Birgit Derntl

Software development is a collaborative task. Previous research has shown social aspects within development teams to be highly relevant for the success of software projects. A team's mood has been proven to be particularly important. It is…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-02-13 Martin Obaidi , Lukas Nagel , Alexander Specht , Jil Klünder

Software engineering (SE) requires developers to collaborate with stakeholders, and understanding their emotions and perspectives is often vital. Empathy is a concept characterising a person's ability to understand and share the feelings of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-01-18 Hashini Gunatilake , John Grundy , Rashina Hoda , Ingo Mueller

Software engineering is a human activity. Despite this, human aspects are under-represented in technical debt research, perhaps because they are challenging to evaluate. This study's objective was to investigate the relationship between…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-05-04 Jesper Olsson , Erik Risfelt , Terese Besker , Antonio Martini , Richard Torkar

Context: Prior research has established that a few individuals generally dominate project communication and source code changes during software development, regardless of task assignments at project initiation. Objective: While this…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-02-15 Sherlock A. Licorish , Stephen G. MacDonell

Software companies and startups often follow the idea of flourishing happiness among developers. Perks, playground rooms, free breakfast, remote office options, sports facilities near the companies, company retreats, you name it. The…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-04-18 Daniel Graziotin , Fabian Fagerholm

Software development includes diverse tasks such as implementing new features, analyzing requirements, and fixing bugs. Being an expert in those tasks requires a certain set of skills, knowledge, and experience. Several studies investigated…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-11-06 Sebastian Baltes , Stephan Diehl

Background: The experience sampling method studies everyday experiences of humans in natural environments. In psychology it has been used to study the relationships between work well-being and productivity. To our best knowledge, daily…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-09-05 Miikka Kuutila , Mika Mäntylä , Maëlick Claes , Marko Elovainio , Bram Adams

Background: Studies on developer productivity and well-being find that the perceptions of productivity in a software team can be a socio-technical problem. Intuitively, problems and challenges can be better handled by managing expectations…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-07-21 Khalid Hasan , Partho Chakraborty , Rifat Shahriyar , Anindya Iqbal , Gias Uddin

Developers experience a wide range of emotions during programming tasks, which may have an impact on job performance. In this paper, we present an empirical study aimed at (i) investigating the link between emotion and progress, (ii)…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-05-07 Daniela Girardi , Nicole Novielli , Davide Fucci , Filippo Lanubile

Information technology (IT) organizations are increasing the use of agile practices, which are based on a people-centred culture alongside the software development process. Thus, it is vital to understand the social and human factors of the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-06-08 Luís Felipe Amorim , Marcelo Marinho , Suzana Sampaio

This study explores the intricate relationship between sentiment analysis (SA) and code quality within machine learning (ML) projects, illustrating how the emotional dynamics of developers affect the technical and functional attributes of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-09-27 Md Shoaib Ahmed , Dongyoung Park , Nasir U. Eisty

Determining the factors that have an influence on software systems development and deployment project outcomes has been the focus of extensive and ongoing research for more than 30 years. We provide here a survey of the research literature…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-01-22 Laurie McLeod , Stephen G. MacDonell

Managing software development productivity and effort are key issues in software organizations. Identifying the most relevant factors influencing project performance is essential for implementing business strategies by selecting and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2014-01-22 Adam Trendowicz , Michael Ochs , Axel Wickenkamp , Jürgen Münch , Yasushi Ishigai , Takashi Kawaguchi

Context: Requirements Engineering (RE)-related activities are critical in developing quality software and one of the most human-dependent processes in software engineering (SE). Hence, identifying the impact of diverse human-related aspects…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-07-31 Dulaji Hidellaarachchi , John Grundy , Rashina Hoda , Ingo Mueller