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Changes in perceived productivity of software engineers during COVID-19 pandemic: The voice of evidence
Smite, Darja; Tkalich, Anastasiia; Moe, Nils Brede; Papatheocharous, Efi; Klotins, Eriks; Buvik, Marte Pettersen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a natural experiment of an unprecedented scale as companies closed their offices and sent employees to work from home. Many managers were concerned that their engineers would ... -
Exploring cross-site networking in large-scale distributed projects
Sablis, Aivars; Smite, Darja; Moe, Nils Brede (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;11271, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Context: Networking in a distributed large-scale project is complex because of many reasons: time zone problems can make it challenging to reach remote contacts, teams rarely meet face-to-face which means that remote project ... -
Finding the Sweet Spot for Organizational Control and Team Autonomy in Large-Scale Agile Software Development
Moe, Nils Brede; Smite, Darja; Paasivaara, Maria; Lassenius, Casper (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Agile methods and the related concepts of employee empowerment, self-management, and autonomy have reached large-scale software organizations and raise questions about commonly adopted principles for authority distribution. ... -
From Collaboration to Solitude and Back: Remote Pair Programming During COVID-19
Smite, Darja; Mikalsen, Marius; Moe, Nils Brede; Stray, Viktoria; Klotis, Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Along with the increasing popularity of agile software development, software work has become much more social than ever. Contemporary software teams rely on a variety of collaborative practices, such as pair programming, ... -
Improving productivity through corporate hackathons: A multiple case study of two large-scale agile organizations
Moe, Nils Brede; Ulfsnes, Rasmus; Stray, Viktoria; Smite, Darja (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Software development companies organize hackathons to encourage innovation. Despite many benefits of hackathons, in large-scale agile organizations where many teams work together, stopping the ongoing work results in a ... -
Innovation in Large-scale agile - Benefits and Challenges of Hackathons when Hacking from Home
Ulfsnes, Rasmus; Stray, Viktoria; Moe, Nils Brede; Smite, Darja (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021)Hackathons are events in which diverse teams work together to explore and develop solutions, software, or even ideas. Hackathons have been recognized not only as public events for hacking but also as a corporate mechanism ... -
Overcoming cultural barriers to being agile in distributed teams
Smite, Darja; Moe, Nils Brede; Gonzalez-Huerta, Javier (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Context: Agile methods in offshored projects have become increasingly popular. Yet, many companies have found that the use of agile methods in coordination with companies located outside the regions of early agile adopters ... -
"When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do": Cultural Barriers to Being Agile in Distributed Teams
Smite, Darja; Gonzalez-Huerta, Javier; Moe, Nils Brede (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)With the growing interest of adopting agile methods in offshored process, many companies realized that the use of agile methods and practices in companies located outside the location of early adopters of agile methods may ...