An Experimental Research on the Relationships between Preferences for Technical Activities and Behavioural Profile in Software Development

Author

Da Silva, Fabio Q. B. ; Cesar, A.C.F.

Author_Institution

Centro de Inf., UFPE, Recife, Brazil

fYear

2009

fDate

5-9 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

126

Lastpage

135

Abstract

This article describes a survey conducted to identify correlations between preferences for technical activities and behavioral profiles for work in a team of software engineers. The context of the research was software engineering undergraduate students at State University of Pernambuco, Brazil. The information about preferences and behavior obtained in a field study involving 100 students received a statistical treatment using the Spearman rank correlation coefficient. The results contributed to a better understanding of the construction of effective software development teams.

Keywords

behavioural sciences computing; educational institutions; software engineering; statistical analysis; Brazil; Pernambuco State University; Spearman rank correlation coefficient; behavioural profile; correlation identification; software development teams; software engineers; technical activities; undergraduate students; Programming; Single event transient; Software engineering; Software quality; Technical activities; Perfis de comportamento; engenharia de sofware; perfis de equipe;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering, 2009. SBES '09. XXIII Brazilian Symposium on

Conference_Location

Fortaleza, Ceara

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5024-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-3844-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SBES.2009.16

Filename

5336095