Paper Info
Title
Reflecting, adapting and learning in small software organizations: an action research approach.
Abstract
Software Engineering activities are context based and carried out by people, within its culture and project actuality. Consequently, it demands a great deal of social relations. In order to better understanding these challenges faced by software development projects, we have had to go beyond the actual mindset, literature and bodies of knowledge. This paper is a result of an empirical research, aligned with evidence-based Software Engineering, about studies conducted on five software development Micro and Small Enterprises in Brazil, during 22 months, between July-2012 and May-2014. We have adopted a participant observer ethnographic study, resulting in intervention based on action research. The interventions happened several times, leading into continuous and constructive process of reflecting and learning. As a result, we have observed the emergence of a practical problem solving culture, from a collaborative immediate situation, which expanding the actoru0027s competencies in every cycle of its execution. Although every organization had its own major problem to be dealt with, our findings point out to some common problems and emerging action strategies to handle with these challenges.
Year
Venue
Field
2015
SEKE
Software Engineering Process Group,Body of knowledge,Participant observation,Competence (human resources),Mindset,Computer science,Knowledge management,Action research,Software development,Empirical research
DocType
Citations 
PageRank 
Conference
0
0.34
References 
Authors
1
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Suzana Sampaio101.35
Marcelo Marinho2237.10
Alexandre J. H. de O. Luna3173.55
Hermano P. Moura472.92