Collation Impact on Team Effectiveness
| dc.contributor.advisor | Van der Watt, Stephan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Eccles, M | |
| dc.contributor.author | Smith, Joanne | |
| dc.contributor.author | Van Belle, Jean-P | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-07-07T10:11:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-07-07T10:11:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-01-12T09:34:56Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The collocation of software development teams is common, especially in agile software development environments. However little is known about the impact of collocation on the team’s effectiveness. This paper explores the impact of collocating agile software development teams on a number of team effectiveness factors. The study focused on South African software development teams and gathered data through the use of questionnaires and interviews. The key finding was that collocation has a positive impact on a number of team effectiveness factors which can be categorised under team composition, team support, team management and structure and team communication. Some of the negative impact collocation had on team effectiveness relate to the fact that team members perceived that less emphasis was placed on roles, that morale of the group was influenced by individuals, and that collocation was invasive, reduced level of privacy and increased frequency of interruptions. Overall through it is proposed that companies should consider collocating their agile software development teams, as collocation might leverage overall team effectiveness. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Eccles, M., Smith, J., & Van Belle, J. (2010). <i>Collation Impact on Team Effectiveness</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Information Systems. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24711 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Eccles, M, Joanne Smith, and Jean-P Van Belle. <i>"Collation Impact on Team Effectiveness."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Information Systems, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24711 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Eccles, M., Smith, J., Tanner, M., Van Belle, J. P., & Van der Watt, S. (2010). Collocation impact on team effectiveness. South African Computer Journal, (46), 3-13. | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Eccles, M AU - Smith, Joanne AU - Van Belle, Jean-P AB - The collocation of software development teams is common, especially in agile software development environments. However little is known about the impact of collocation on the team’s effectiveness. This paper explores the impact of collocating agile software development teams on a number of team effectiveness factors. The study focused on South African software development teams and gathered data through the use of questionnaires and interviews. The key finding was that collocation has a positive impact on a number of team effectiveness factors which can be categorised under team composition, team support, team management and structure and team communication. Some of the negative impact collocation had on team effectiveness relate to the fact that team members perceived that less emphasis was placed on roles, that morale of the group was influenced by individuals, and that collocation was invasive, reduced level of privacy and increased frequency of interruptions. Overall through it is proposed that companies should consider collocating their agile software development teams, as collocation might leverage overall team effectiveness. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Computer Journal LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - Collation Impact on Team Effectiveness TI - Collation Impact on Team Effectiveness UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24711 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24711 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Eccles M, Smith J, Van Belle J. Collation Impact on Team Effectiveness. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Information Systems, 2010 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24711 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Information Systems | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Commerce | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | South African Computer Journal | |
| dc.source.uri | http://sacj.cs.uct.ac.za/index.php/sacj/index | |
| dc.subject.other | Collocation | |
| dc.subject.other | Team Effectiveness | |
| dc.subject.other | Systems Development | |
| dc.subject.other | Scrum | |
| dc.title | Collation Impact on Team Effectiveness | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Thesis | en_ZA |