Authors:
Lasse Harjumaa
;
Tytti Pokka
;
Heidi Moisanen
and
Jukka Sirviö
Affiliation:
University of Oulu, Finland
Keyword(s):
Software engineering, Effort estimation, Project management, case study.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Engineering Information System
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
Abstract:
This paper represents a study of working time usage in a small software development organization. The purpose of the study was twofold. First, we wanted to understand how software developers in the organization work and second, we wanted to explore the attitudes they had toward different types of time tracking approaches. The aim was to provide practical suggestions of appropriate methods and tools for monitoring the developers’ time. According to the results, working with computer tools occupies the overwhelming majority of the working time although manual tasks and interruptions take some of the time. Even though the developers in the case company do not feel threatened by time monitoring, they do not either feel that monitoring is necessary, which is interesting and challenging from the project management viewpoint. We suggest that the case company should establish a lightweight, tool-based time tracking process and trains the developers to use the system and report their working
time accurately.
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