The Developer Experience of LGBTQIA+ People in Agile Teams: a Multivocal Literature Review
This program is tentative and subject to change.
Research on underrepresented populations is essential for fostering greater diversity within the software industry. Team diversity is important for reasons that go beyond ethics. Diversity contributes to greater innovation and productivity, helping decrease turnover rates and reduce team conflicts. Within this context, LGBTQIA+ software engineering professionals face unique challenges (e.g., self-isolation, invisibility feeling). This study aimed to examine data from both traditional and grey literature through a Multivocal Literature Review focused on the developer experience of those professionals. Our findings reveal that issues such as invisibility, prejudice, and discrimination adversely affect their experiences, compounded by the predominance of heterosexual males in the field. Conversely, professionals who feel welcomed by their teams and organizations, especially in processes tailored to their needs, report more positive team dynamics and engagement.
This program is tentative and subject to change.
Sun 27 AprDisplayed time zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) change
14:00 - 15:30 | |||
14:00 60mKeynote | Prof Alexander Serebrenik - SDDI: Between AI and Comply Research Track Alexander Serebrenik Eindhoven University of Technology | ||
15:00 30mTalk | The Developer Experience of LGBTQIA+ People in Agile Teams: a Multivocal Literature Review Research Track Edvaldo R. Wassouf-Jr UFMS, Debora Paiva Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Kiev Gama Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Awdren Fontão Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS) | ||
15:30 30mTalk | Affirmative Hackathon for Software Developers with Disabilities: An Industry Initiative Research Track Thayssa Rocha Zup Innovation & UFPA, Nicole Davila Zup Innovation & UFRGS, Rafaella Vaccari Zup Innovation, Nicoly Menezes UFPA, Marcelle Mota Universidade Federal do Pará, Edward Monteiro StackSpot, Cleidson de Souza Federal University of Pará Belém, Gustavo Pinto Zup Innovation & UFPA |