Exploring motivational differences between software developers and project managers

Helen Sharp, Tracy Hall, Nathan Baddoo, Sarah Beecham

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Abstract

In this paper, we describe our investigation of the motivational differences between project managers and developers. Motivation has been found to be a central factor in successful software projects. However the motivation of software engineers is generally poorly understood and previous work done in the area is thought to be largely out-of-date. We present data collected from 6 software developers and 4 project managers at a workshop we organized at the XP2006 international conference.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationESEC/FSE'07
Subtitle of host publication6th Joint Meeting of the European Software Engineering Conference and the ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering - Companion Papers
Pages501-504
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
EventESEC/FSE'07: 6th Joint Meeting of the European Software Engineering Conference and the ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering - Dubrovnik, Croatia
Duration: 3 Sep 20077 Sep 2007

Publication series

NameESEC/FSE'07: 6th Joint Meeting of the European Software Engineering Conference and the ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering - Companion Papers

Conference

ConferenceESEC/FSE'07: 6th Joint Meeting of the European Software Engineering Conference and the ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering
Country/TerritoryCroatia
CityDubrovnik
Period3/09/077/09/07

Keywords

  • Motivation
  • Repertory grid technique

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