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ICSE 2021
Mon 17 May - Sat 5 June 2021

Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, software engineers’ daily life was disrupted and abruptly forced into remote working from home. This change deeply impacted typical working routines, affecting both well-being and productivity. Moreover, this pandemic will have long-lasting effects in the software industry, with several tech companies allowing their employees to work from home indefinitely if they wish to do so. Therefore, it is crucial to analyze and understand how a typical working day looks like when working from home and how individual activities affect software developers’ well-being and productivity. We performed a two-wave longitudinal study involving almost 200 globally carefully selected software professionals, inferring daily activities with perceived well-being, productivity, and other relevant psychological and social variables. Results suggest that the time software engineers spent doing specific activities from home was similar when working in the office. However, we also found some significant mean differences. The amount of time developers spent on each activity was unrelated to their well-being, perceived productivity, and other variables. We conclude that working remotely is not per se a challenge for organizations or developers.

Fri 28 May

Displayed time zone: Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna change

16:40 - 17:55
16:40
15m
Paper
QFL: Data-Driven Feedback Loop to Manage Quality in Agile DevelopmentSEIS
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Lidia López Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain, Alessandra Bagnato Softeam, Antonin Ahbervé , Xavier Franch Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
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16:55
20m
Paper
The Daily Life of Software Engineers during the COVID-19 PandemicSEIP
SEIP - Software Engineering in Practice
Daniel Russo Department of Computer Science, Aalborg University, Paul Hanel University of Essex, Seraphina Altnickel mia raeumerei GmbH, Niels van Berkel Aalborg University
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17:15
20m
Paper
Pandemic Programming: How Covid-19 affects software developers and how their organizations can helpJournal-First
Journal-First Papers
Paul Ralph Dalhousie University, Sebastian Baltes QAware GmbH and The University of Adelaide, Gianisa Adisaputri Dalhousie University, Richard Torkar Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg, Vladimir Kovalenko JetBrains Research, Marcos Kalinowski Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Nicole Novielli University of Bari, Shin Yoo Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Xavier Devroey Delft University of Technology, Xin Tan Peking University, China, Minghui Zhou Peking University, China, Burak Turhan Monash University, Rashina Hoda Monash University, Hideaki Hata Shinshu University, Gregorio Robles Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Amin Milani Fard New York Institute of Technology, Rana Alkadhi King Saud University
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17:35
20m
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“How Was Your Weekend?” Software Development Teams Working From Home During COVID-19ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished PaperArtifact ReusableTechnical TrackArtifact Available
Technical Track
Courtney Miller New College of Florida, Paige Rodeghero Clemson University, Margaret-Anne Storey University of Victoria, Denae Ford Microsoft Research, Thomas Zimmermann Microsoft Research
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Sat 29 May

Displayed time zone: Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna change

04:40 - 05:55
04:40
15m
Paper
QFL: Data-Driven Feedback Loop to Manage Quality in Agile DevelopmentSEIS
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Lidia López Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain, Alessandra Bagnato Softeam, Antonin Ahbervé , Xavier Franch Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Pre-print Media Attached
04:55
20m
Paper
The Daily Life of Software Engineers during the COVID-19 PandemicSEIP
SEIP - Software Engineering in Practice
Daniel Russo Department of Computer Science, Aalborg University, Paul Hanel University of Essex, Seraphina Altnickel mia raeumerei GmbH, Niels van Berkel Aalborg University
Pre-print Media Attached
05:15
20m
Paper
Pandemic Programming: How Covid-19 affects software developers and how their organizations can helpJournal-First
Journal-First Papers
Paul Ralph Dalhousie University, Sebastian Baltes QAware GmbH and The University of Adelaide, Gianisa Adisaputri Dalhousie University, Richard Torkar Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg, Vladimir Kovalenko JetBrains Research, Marcos Kalinowski Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Nicole Novielli University of Bari, Shin Yoo Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Xavier Devroey Delft University of Technology, Xin Tan Peking University, China, Minghui Zhou Peking University, China, Burak Turhan Monash University, Rashina Hoda Monash University, Hideaki Hata Shinshu University, Gregorio Robles Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Amin Milani Fard New York Institute of Technology, Rana Alkadhi King Saud University
Link to publication DOI Pre-print Media Attached
05:35
20m
Paper
“How Was Your Weekend?” Software Development Teams Working From Home During COVID-19ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished PaperArtifact ReusableTechnical TrackArtifact Available
Technical Track
Courtney Miller New College of Florida, Paige Rodeghero Clemson University, Margaret-Anne Storey University of Victoria, Denae Ford Microsoft Research, Thomas Zimmermann Microsoft Research
Pre-print Media Attached