Current digital transformation moves information systems development into larger transformation programs with higher strategic significance and increased complexity in organization. Agile and BizDev are among the practical methods used to practice digital transformation. These methods are...
Psychological safety is a precondition for learning and success in software teams. But what happens to psychological safety when work becomes remote? In this article, we explore how Norwegian software developers experienced remote work under the pandemic and after restrictions were waved and...
Context Agile software development changes the nature of collaboration, coordination, and communication in software projects. Objective Our objective was to understand the challenges of shared decision-making in agile software development teams. Method We designed a multiple case...
Denne rapporten beskriver første versjon av en arkitektur for et informasjonssystem som støtter samhandling om individuelle planer. Arkitekturen er et resultat av prosjektet �Planbasert samarbeidsjournal for helhetlige individuelle psykiatriplaner � delprosjekt teknologiutvikling� som er finansiert...
With the growing interest of adopting agile methods in offshored process, many companies realized that the use of agile methods and practices in companies located outside the location of early adopters of agile methods may be challenging. India, the main destination of offshoring contracts, have...
Smidig coaching har nylig blitt innført for å støtte suksessfull anvendelse og bruk av smidige metoder i programvareutvikling. Imidlertid jobber smidige coacher med problemstillinger som også hører til arbeidspsykologi, blant annet teamkommunikasjon, arbeidsmiljø og ledelse. Formålet med denne...
Sustaining innovation in a company delivering services based on software is difficult. One common challenge is developing new products and services when well-defined requirements are lacking due to a high level of uncertainty of what the customer really wants. This tutorial presents one approaches...
Context: Networking in a distributed large-scale project is complex because of many reasons: time zone problems can make it challenging to reach remote contacts, teams rarely meet face-to-face which means that remote project members are often unfamiliar with each other, and applying activities for...
Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to identify and explore how challenges for autonomous development teams relate to autonomy. As the use of autonomous teams has seen a renewed interest in recent years, more knowledge of the implications for how to succeed with autonomous teams is considered...
IT security preparedness exercises allow for practical collaborative training, which in turn leads to improved response capabilities to information security incidents for an organization. However, such exercises are not commonly performed in the electric power industry. We have observed a tabletop...
Software development companies organize hackathons to encourage innovation. Despite many benefits of hackathons, in large-scale agile organizations where many teams work together, stopping the ongoing work results in a significant decrease in the immediate output. Motivated by the need to...
Work in software development companies has become increasingly hybrid with employees altering days of working in the office with days of working remotely from home. Yet, little is know about the efficiency of such way of working because the current scale of remote working is unprecedented. In this...
Sustaining innovation in a company delivering services based on software is difficult. One common challenge is developing new products and services when well-defined requirements are lacking due to a high level of uncertainty of what the customer really wants. This tutorial presents one approaches...
Shared knowledge allows virtual teams to collaborate more effectively. Shared knowledge in teams, hereafter called team knowledge, must be established and maintained. This is a key enabler for agile development in a distributed context. Hence, organizations may benefit from efforts to ensure...
In large-scale agile software development, many teams work together to achieve overarching project goals. The more teams, the greater the coordination requirements. Despite the growing popularity of large-scale agile, inter-team coordination is challenging to practice and research. We conducted a...
Coordination of teams is critical when managing large programmes that involve multiple teams. In large-scale software development, work is carried out simultaneously by many developers and development teams. Results are delivered frequently and iteratively, which requires coordination on different...
Sustaining innovation in a company delivering services based on software is difficult. One common challenge is developing new products and services when well-defined requirements are lacking due to a high level of uncertainty of what the customer really wants. This tutorial presents one approaches...
Onboarding is a process of organizational socialization of the new hires, that includes recruitment, orientation, training, coaching and support. While onboarding individuals into an organization is a rather straightforward task, little is known about 1) onboarding hundreds of developers and...
Agile methods and the related concepts of employee empowerment, self-management, and autonomy have reached large-scale software organizations and raise questions about commonly adopted principles for authority distribution. However, the optimum mechanism to balance the need for alignment, quality...
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic marked a critical turning point in how we organize work, with the software development industry being no exception. As restrictions are lifted in the wake of the pandemic, hybrid work has abruptly become the new standard of work in an increasing number of...