Hybrid Work in Agile Software Development: Recurring Meetings
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 AprDisplayed time zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) change
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 10mTalk | 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 10mTalk | 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 15mTalk | 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 15mTalk | 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 15mTalk | 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 15mTalk | 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 |