Como a (in)felicidade impacta nos engenheiros de software em ambientes ágeis?

Abstract

Given a scenario where IT organizations are increasing the use of agile practices, which is based on a people-centered culture along software development process, it is important to understand the social and human factors linked to those individuals, such as happiness and unhappiness and how these factors impact on this kind of environment. Therefore, 5 case-studies were developed inside agile projects, in a company that values innovation, aiming to identify how (un)happiness impacts on software engineers in agile environments. According to the answers gathered from 67 participants through a survey and using a cross-analysis, (un)happiness characteristics were identified as anxiety and frustration on younger respondents and unhappy ones, and high satisfaction and collaboration on happier ones.