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The Influence of Te...
The Influence of Technical Debt on Software Developer Morale
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- Besker, Terese, 1970 (författare)
- Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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- Ghanbari, Hadi, 1980 (författare)
- Aalto-Yliopisto,Aalto University
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- Martini, Antonio, 1982 (författare)
- Universitetet i Oslo,University of Oslo
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- Bosch, Jan, 1967 (författare)
- Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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- Elsevier BV, 2020
- 2020
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Journal of Systems and Software. - : Elsevier BV. - 0164-1212. ; 167
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- Context: Previous research in the Technical Debt (TD) field has mainly focused on the technical and economic aspects, while its human aspect has received minimal attention. Objective: This paper aims to understand how software developers’ morale is influenced by TD and how their morale is influenced by TD management activities. Furthermore, this study correlates the morale with the amount of wastage of time due to TD. Method: Firstly, we conducted 15 interviews with professionals, and, secondly, these data were complemented with a survey. Thirdly, we collected 473 data points from 43 developers reporting their amount of wasted time. The collected data were analyzed using both quantitative and qualitative techniques, including thematic and statistical analysis. Results: Our results show that the occurrence of TD is associated with a lack of progress and waste of time. This might have a negative influence on developers’ morale. Further, management of TD seems to have a positive influence on developers’ morale. Conclusions: The results highlight the effects TD has on practitioners’ software work. This study presents results indicating that software suffering from TD reduces developers’ morale and thereby also their productivity. However, our results also indicate that TD management increases developers’ morale and developer productivity.
Ämnesord
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Data- och informationsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Computer and Information Sciences (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Programvaruteknik (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Software Engineering (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Technical Debt Management
- Technical Debt
- Human Factors
- Software Productivity
- Software Development
- Developer Morale
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