CHASE 2025
Sun 27 - Mon 28 April 2025 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
co-located with ICSE 2025

The Covid-19 pandemic established hybrid work as the new norm in software development companies. In large-scale agile, meetings of different types are pivotal for collaboration, and decisions need to be taken on how they are organized and carried out in hybrid work. This study investigates how recurring meetings are organized and carried out in hybrid work in a large-scale agile environment. We performed a single case study by conducting 27 semi-structured interviews with members of 15 agile teams, product owners, managers, and specialists from two units of Ericsson, a multinational telecommunications company with a “2 days per week at the office” policy. A key insight from this study is that different types of meetings in agile software development should be primarily organized onsite or remotely based on the meeting intent, i.e., meetings requiring active discussion or brainstorming, such as retrospectives or technical discussions, benefit from onsite attendance, whereas large information sharing meetings work well remotely. When flexible hybrid work models are implemented, team members and even collaborating teams would benefit from aligning their office co-presence. Community meetings can contribute to knowledge sharing within organizations, help strengthen social ties and prevent siloed collaboration in hybrid work.

Sun 27 Apr

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11:00 - 12:30
Software Teams (Agile, Teamwork and Collaboration) SessionResearch Track at 210
Chair(s): Klaas-Jan Stol Lero; University College Cork; SINTEF Digital
11:00
10m
Talk
Towards a Taxonomy for Autonomy in Large-Scale Agile Software Development
Research Track
Casper Lassenius Aalto University, Finland and Simula Metropolitan Center for Digital Engineering, Norway, Torgeir Dingsøyr Norwegian University of Science and Technology and SimulaMet
11:10
10m
Talk
Exploring Retrospective Meeting Practices and the Use of Data in Agile Teams
Research Track
Alessandra Maciel Paz Milani University of Victoria, Margaret-Anne Storey University of Victoria, Vivek Katial Multitudes, Lauren Peate Multitudes
Pre-print
11:20
15m
Talk
The Role of the Retrospective Meetings in Detecting, Refactoring and Monitoring Community Smells
Research Track
Carlos Dantas Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Norte, Tiago Massoni Federal University of Campina Grande, Camila Sarmento Federal Institute of Piauí, Rayana Rocha Federal University of Campina Grande, Danielly Gualberto Federal University of Campina Grande
Pre-print
11:35
15m
Talk
Hybrid Work in Agile Software Development: Recurring Meetings
Research Track
Emily Laue Christensen LUT University, Maria Paasivaara LUT University, Finland & Aalto University, Finland, Iflaah Salman Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT)
Pre-print
11:50
15m
Talk
A Cluster-based Approach for Emotion Recognition in Software Development
Research Track
Daniela Grassi University of Bari, Filippo Lanubile University of Bari, Alberta Motca-Schnabel University of Bari, Nicole Novielli University of Bari
12:05
15m
Talk
Towards Emotionally Intelligent Software Engineers: Understanding Students' Self Perceptions After a Cooperative Learning Experience
Research Track
Allysson Allex Araújo Federal University of Cariri, Marcos Kalinowski Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Matheus Paixao State University of Ceará, Daniel Graziotin University of Hohenheim
Pre-print