Building blocks for self-organizing software development teams: A framework model and empirical pilot study

Henri Karhatsu; Marko Ikonen; Petri Kettunen; Fabian Fagerholm; Pekka Abrahamsson

doi:10.1109/ICSTE.2010.5608848

Building blocks for self-organizing software development teams: A framework model and empirical pilot study

Henri Karhatsu, Marko Ikonen, Petri Kettunen, Fabian Fagerholm, Pekka Abrahamsson

Department of Computer Science

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

Abstract

Self-organization is one of the foundations of agile software development. Many positive outcomes have been associated with having teams operating at high levels of self-organization. This paper reports the results of a pilot study which reviews the existing body of empirical literature and presents a novel model for building self-organizing teams. The model is empirically validated in two case studies performed in Software Factory, an academic but close-to-industry experimental R&D laboratory. It is shown that autonomy together with communication and collaboration are the major components for building self-organizing software development teams.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICSTE 2010 : 2010 2nd International Conference on Software Technology and Engineering, Proceedings
Editors	Houssain Kettani, Yang Li
Number of pages	8
Volume	2
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	2010
Pages	V1-297 - V1-304
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4244-8665-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSTE.2010.5608848
Publication status	Published - 2010
MoE publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings
Event	ICSTE 2010 - San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States Duration: 3 Oct 2010 → 5 Oct 2010 Conference number: 2

Fields of Science

113 Computer and information sciences
self-organizing teams
self-organization
agile software development

Access to Document

10.1109/ICSTE.2010.5608848

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Karhatsu, H., Ikonen, M., Kettunen, P., Fagerholm, F., & Abrahamsson, P. (2010). Building blocks for self-organizing software development teams: A framework model and empirical pilot study. In H. Kettani, & Y. Li (Eds.), ICSTE 2010: 2010 2nd International Conference on Software Technology and Engineering, Proceedings (Vol. 2, pp. V1-297 - V1-304). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSTE.2010.5608848

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Karhatsu, H, Ikonen, M, Kettunen, P, Fagerholm, F & Abrahamsson, P 2010, Building blocks for self-organizing software development teams: A framework model and empirical pilot study. in H Kettani & Y Li (eds), ICSTE 2010: 2010 2nd International Conference on Software Technology and Engineering, Proceedings. vol. 2, IEEE, pp. V1-297 - V1-304, ICSTE 2010, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States, 03/10/2010. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSTE.2010.5608848

Building blocks for self-organizing software development teams: A framework model and empirical pilot study. / Karhatsu, Henri; Ikonen, Marko; Kettunen, Petri et al.
ICSTE 2010: 2010 2nd International Conference on Software Technology and Engineering, Proceedings. ed. / Houssain Kettani; Yang Li. Vol. 2 IEEE, 2010. p. V1-297 - V1-304.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

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