Social Psychology and Software Teams: A Preliminary Look at Establishing Task-Effective Group Norms PrePrint ISSN: 0740-7459
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2011.157
In a recent IEEE Software Article, Sallyann Freudenberg and Helen Sharp unveiled a burning question: “Sociological studies---what were the personalities in successful/failed agile teams?” [Fre10]. This points to a widely held belief that if we can find the right mix of individual personalities, we should end up with a successful team. Intuitively, this makes sense: If group members are all introverted, they might be too shy to communicate well; if they are all type-A personalities, they might all clamor over one another to lead and no one would follow any instructions. The aim would be to pick and mix personalities to get the right team.
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D.2 Software Engineering, D.2.1.b Elicitation methods, D.2.9.h Productivity,
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Alvin Teh, Elisa Baniassad, Dirk Van Rooy, Clive Boughton, "Social Psychology and Software Teams: A Preliminary Look at Establishing Task-Effective Group Norms," IEEE Software, 01 Dec. 2011. IEEE computer Society Digital Library. IEEE Computer Society, <http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2011.157> Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||