Psychological Safety, Leadership and Non-Technical Debt in Large Scale Agile Software Development

• Autorzy: Ahmad Muhammad Ovais

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.15439/2023F8595

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Agile methods facilitate collaboration between multiple teams towards a shared objective. Nonetheless, working on large-scale projects with diverse teams can be challenging. It necessitates proactive approach to management, with a focus on team-building and creating psychologically safe work environment. This paper investigates the leadership role in creating a psychologically safe environment for Large Scale Agile (LSA) projects. We conducted semi-structured interviews with software professionals working on LSA project in a Scandinavian technology company, and thematic analysis was conducted to identify the parameters related to project leaders that enable psychological safety. The results shed light on the building blocks of a psychologically safe environment, and the reported cause and effect of psychological safety in the LSA industrial project. The findings suggest that a proactive management style is required to build a cohesive team in large projects with diverse teams and backgrounds.The paper also proposed future research directions.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

psychological safety; leadership; non-technical debt; agile; large-scale; software development

PL

bezpieczeństwo psychologiczne; przywództwo; dług nietechnologiczny; rozwój oprogramowania

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Informatyczne
• Czasopismo: Annals of Computer Science and Information Systems
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 35
• Strony: 327--334
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 40 poz., il., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Ahmad Muhammad Ovais

• Dept. of Computer Science Karlstad University Karlstad, Sweden

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Uwagi

1. This work was supported by the KKS foundation, Sweden through the NODLA project and Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse.

2. Thematic Tracks Regular Papers

3. Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024).