TY - GEN
T1 - Motivation and autonomy in global software development
AU - Noll, John
AU - Beecham, Sarah
AU - Razzak, Abdur
AU - Richardson, Bob
AU - Barcomb, Ann
AU - Richardson, Ita
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Global software development has become the norm rather than the exception for even the smallest companies. However, global software development is known to lead to numerous negative effects among distributed teams. This paper focuses on the effect of global software development on motivation. Specifically we ask: “Does increased autonomy, through the introduction of scrum, result in higher motivation among distributed developers?” We studied two distributed software development teams within one company headquartered in Ireland. Teams employ the scrum approach to software development which emphasizes, among other things, autonomy. We observed the teams during their scrum ceremonies, interviewed each team member and administered a motivation survey. We found that the difference in motivation levels before and after the introduction of scrum was slight and not statistically significant. Instead, there was a significant difference in the motivation levels of experienced team members, which were lower than less experienced members.
AB - Global software development has become the norm rather than the exception for even the smallest companies. However, global software development is known to lead to numerous negative effects among distributed teams. This paper focuses on the effect of global software development on motivation. Specifically we ask: “Does increased autonomy, through the introduction of scrum, result in higher motivation among distributed developers?” We studied two distributed software development teams within one company headquartered in Ireland. Teams employ the scrum approach to software development which emphasizes, among other things, autonomy. We observed the teams during their scrum ceremonies, interviewed each team member and administered a motivation survey. We found that the difference in motivation levels before and after the introduction of scrum was slight and not statistically significant. Instead, there was a significant difference in the motivation levels of experienced team members, which were lower than less experienced members.
KW - Agile software development
KW - Autonomy
KW - Global software development
KW - Motivation
KW - Scrum
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85036630160&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-70305-3_2
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-70305-3_2
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85036630160
SN - 9783319703046
T3 - Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
SP - 19
EP - 38
BT - Global Sourcing of Digital Services
A2 - Oshri, Ilan
A2 - Kotlarsky, Julia
A2 - Willcocks, Leslie P.
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 11th Global Sourcing Workshop on Micro and Macro Perspectives, 2017
Y2 - 22 February 2017 through 25 February 2017
ER -