XP 2026
Wed 8 - Sat 11 April 2026 São Paulo, Brazil
Thu 9 Apr 2026 11:30 - 12:00 at Room 511 - Business Agility

Hybrid work has become the norm post-pandemic, yet many agile companies struggle to implement effective hybrid work strategies and policies. Effectively organizing hybrid work in agile software engineering requires understanding how individual and contextual factors shape preferences. This study examines these preferences through a survey of 65 agile practitioners. According to our respondents, software engineering practitioners wish for a flexible policy regarding office attendance, but not full-time remote work. While they prefer fully flexible policies, many respondents reported a desire for fixed or ad hoc coordinated team office presence. Members of small or medium teams slightly favored individual choice for office presence, while larger teams leaned more toward coordinated team presence, either ad hoc or fixed. Social interactions, however, still anchored people to the office; nearly all respondents rated in-person gatherings as highly beneficial for collaboration and relationship-building. Meeting behavior revealed another layer of hybrid work complexity; cameras were used primarily for visibility and social presence, not because of organizational policy, and multitasking, largely work-related, occurred more frequently among managerial roles.

Thu 9 Apr

Displayed time zone: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil change

11:00 - 12:30
Business AgilityResearch Papers at Room 511
11:00
30m
Talk
From Tensions to Solutions: Managing Paradoxes in Large-Scale Agile
Research Papers
Nina Haugland Andersen Sintef, NTNU, Nils Brede Moe SINTEF, Astri Barbala , Rasmus Ulfsnes Sintef, NTNU, Cansu Kilit Vend, Hatice Fidan Vend, Viktoria Stray University of Oslo / SINTEF
11:30
30m
Talk
Individual Situations Matter: What Shapes Hybrid Work Preferences in Agile Software Engineering?
Research Papers
Fateme Broomandi LUT University, Emily Laue Christensen LUT University, Maria Paasivaara LUT University, Finland & Aalto University, Finland
12:00
30m
Talk
Decision-making and Team Autonomy in Large-Scale Agile Software Development: An Analysis of Scaling Frameworks
Research Papers
Lucas Rocha Aalto University, Fabiana Freitas Mendes Aalto University, Maria Paasivaara LUT University, Finland & Aalto University, Finland, Casper Lassenius Aalto University, Finland and Simula Metropolitan Center for Digital Engineering, Norway