An Exploratory Study of Productivity Perceptions in Agile Software Teams

Guerrero-Calvache, Marcela; Hernández, Giovanni

An Exploratory Study of Productivity Perceptions in Agile Software Teams

dc.creator	Guerrero-Calvache, Marcela
dc.creator	Hernández, Giovanni
dc.date	2023-05-16
dc.date.accessioned	2025-10-01T23:52:52Z
dc.description	Team productivity in agile software development (ASD) is made up of a set of factors that allow evaluating the performance of each one of the members of a team, a crucial aspect to establish the success or failure of a project. The objective of this research is to determine the perception that ASD team professionals have about the measurement of productivity based on the factors identified in a preliminary study. For this purpose, a survey was applied that was oriented under the Kitchenham and Pfleeger protocol to 82 members of ASD teams. The main results indicate that professionals in the software industry associate productivity as an indicator of improvement within the team's processes and in the fulfillment of objectives for a client. Among the factors that the participants considered essential in measuring team productivity at ASD, Speed, Work Capacity and Customer Satisfaction stand out. Finally, the factors that affect the performance of a team when they adapt to change and those related to the identity of the team, were not mentioned by the professionals as part of the current evaluation process on productivity in ASD teams, but they were considered relevant to be included later.	en-US
dc.description	La productividad de equipo en el desarrollo ágil de software (ASD, por sus siglas en inglés) está compuesta por un conjunto de factores que permiten evaluar el desempeño de cada uno de los integrantes de un equipo, aspecto crucial para establecer el éxito o fracaso de un proyecto. El propósito de esta investigación fue determinar la percepción que tienen los profesionales de equipos ASD sobre la medición de productividad partiendo de los factores identificados en un estudio preliminar. Para tal fin, se aplicó una encuesta que se orientó bajo el protocolo de Kitchenham y Pfleeger a ochenta y dos integrantes de equipos ASD. Los principales resultados señalaron que los profesionales de la industria de software asocian la productividad como un indicador de mejora dentro de los procesos del equipo y en el cumplimiento de objetivos a un cliente. Dentro de los factores que los participantes consideraron fundamentales en la medición de productividad de equipo en ASD se destacan la velocidad, la capacidad de trabajo y la satisfacción del cliente. Finalmente, los factores que afectan el desempeño de un equipo cuando se adaptan al cambio y los relacionados a la identidad del equipo, no fueron mencionados por los profesionales como parte del proceso de evaluación actual sobre productividad en equipos ASD, pero si fueron considerados como relevantes para ser posteriormente incluidos.	es-ES
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dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0	es-ES
dc.source	TecnoLógicas; Vol. 26 No. 56 (2023); e2625	en-US
dc.source	TecnoLógicas; Vol. 26 Núm. 56 (2023); e2625	es-ES
dc.source	2256-5337
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dc.subject	Organizational aspects	en-US
dc.subject	collaboration in agile teams	en-US
dc.subject	agile software development	en-US
dc.subject	teamwork	en-US
dc.subject	Aspectos organizacionales	es-ES
dc.subject	colaboración en equipos agiles	es-ES
dc.subject	desarrollo ágil de software	es-ES
dc.subject	trabajo en equipo	es-ES
dc.title	An Exploratory Study of Productivity Perceptions in Agile Software Teams	en-US
dc.title	Un estudio exploratorio de las percepciones de productividad en equipos de software ágil	es-ES
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dc.type	Research Papers	en-US
dc.type	Artículos de investigación	es-ES