Motivation and cohesion in agile teams

  • Authors:
  • Elizabeth Whitworth;Robert Biddle

  • Affiliations:
  • Human-Oriented Technology Laboratory, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada;Human-Oriented Technology Laboratory, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

  • Venue:
  • XP'07 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Agile processes in software engineering and extreme programming
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

This research explored aspects of agile teamwork initiatives associated with positive socio-psychological phenomena, with a focus on phenomena outside the scope of traditional management, organizational, and software engineering research. Agile teams were viewed as complex adaptive socio-technical systems. Qualitative grounded theory was used to explore the socio-psychological characteristics of agile teams under the umbrella research question: What is the experience of being in an agile software development team? Results included a deeper understanding of the link between agile practices and positive team outcomes such as motivation and cohesion.