A Qualitative Study on Off-topic Conversations in Agile Software Development Student Teams
R. Cotar (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
M.A. Steenbergen – Mentor (TU Delft - Web Information Systems)
E.A. Aivaloglou – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Web Information Systems)
Mitchell Olsthoorn – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Software Engineering)
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Abstract
One of our first observations working on this study was that all teams used their own form of Agile, borrowing elements from frameworks like Scrum, but ultimately adapting their collaboration methodology to fit their own projects and preferences. This led 2 of the 3 teams to have a mix of both technical and organisational subjects planned for discussion during meetings.
One of the groups went a step further and employed regular 2--7 hours long in-person working sessions (including breaks). The first hour of one of these sessions was recorded and analysed, since it was in preparation for an upcoming TA meeting and consisted predominantly of organisational discussions akin to a daily Scrum meeting. This made it harder for us to interpret their recording, as many of their discussion threads had started before and ended after our observation periods.