Name
Title | ||
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The impact of staff turnover on software projects: the importance of understanding what makes software practitioners tick |
Abstract | ||
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In this paper we investigate the impact of staff turnover on software projects. In particular we investigate whether high staff turnover damages project success. We analyse data from an empirical study of 89 software practitioners to show that projects with high staff turnover are less successful. Furthermore our empirical data suggests a relationship between high staff turnover on projects and low staff motivation levels. We discuss factors which have been previously found to improve motivation levels and conclude that improving motivation levels can reduce staff turnover, which in turn increases project success. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2008 | 10.1145/1355238.1355245 | CPR |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
staff turnover,high staff turnover,software project,software practitioner,motivation level,low staff motivation level,high staff turnover damage,project success,empirical study,empirical data,motivation | Turnover,Damages,Knowledge management,Software,Staff augmentation,Engineering,Empirical research,Project success | Conference |
Citations | PageRank | References |
16 | 0.74 | 13 |
Authors | ||
4 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy Hall | 1 | 443 | 12.96 |
| Sarah Beecham | 2 | 404 | 16.50 |
| June M. Verner | 3 | 1255 | 75.85 |
| David Wilson | 4 | 267 | 11.30 |