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Developer Productivity With and Without GitHub Copilot: A Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Case Study
Viktoria Stray, Elias Goldmann Brandtzæg, Viggo Tellefsen Wivestad +2
This study investigates the real-world impact of the generative AI (GenAI) tool GitHub Copilot on developer activity and perceived productivity. We conducted a mixed-methods case s…
Integrating Pair Programming as a Work Practice
Nina Haugland Andersen, Anastasiia Tkalich, Nils Brede Moe +4
Context: Pair programming (PP) is more relevant than ever. As modern systems grow in complexity, knowledge sharing and collaboration across teams have become essential. However, de…
User Feedback in Continuous Software Engineering: Revealing the State-of-Practice
Anastasiia Tkalich, Eriks Klotins, Tor Sporsem +3
Context: Organizations opt for continuous delivery of incremental updates to deal with uncertainty and minimize waste. However, applying continuous engineering (CSE) practices requ…
Transforming Software Development with Generative AI: Empirical Insights on Collaboration and Workflow
Rasmus Ulfsnes, Nils Brede Moe, Viktoria Stray +1
Generative AI (GenAI) has fundamentally changed how knowledge workers, such as software developers, solve tasks and collaborate to build software products. Introducing innovative t…
Pair Programming Practiced in Hybrid Work
Anastasiia Tkalich, Nils Brede Moe, Nina Haugland Andersen +2
Pair programming (PP) has been a widespread practice for decades and is known for facilitating knowledge exchange and improving the quality of software. Many agilists advocated the…
Improving Productivity through Corporate Hackathons: A Multiple Case Study of Two Large-scale Agile Organizations
Nils Brede Moe, Rasmus Ulfsnes, Viktoria Stray +1
Software development companies organize hackathons to encourage innovation. Despite many benefits of hackathons, in large-scale agile organizations where many teams work together,…
Agile Information System Development Organizations Transforming to Large-Scale Collaboration
Marius Mikalsen, Nils Brede Moe, Sut I Wong +1
We report findings from a case study of a large agile information systems development (ISD) organization`s sudden transformation to distributed, digital work in the context of the…
Innovation in Large-scale agile -- Benefits and Challenges of Hackathons when Hacking from Home
Rasmus Ulfsnes, Viktoria Stray, Nils Brede Moe +1
Hackathons are events in which diverse teams work together to explore, and develop solutions, software or even ideas. Hackathons have been recognized not only as public events for…
From Collaboration to Solitude and Back: Remote Pair Programming during COVID-19
Darja Smite, Marius Mikalsen, Nils B. Moe +2
Along with the increasing popularity of agile software development, software work has become much more social than ever. Contemporary software teams rely on a variety of collaborat…
Exploring motivation and teamwork in a large software engineering capstone course during the coronavirus pandemic
Yngve Lindsjørn, Steffen Almås, Viktoria Stray
In the spring of 2020, the Department of Informatics covered a 20 ECTS capstone course in Software Engineering, mainly focusing on developing a complex application. The course used…
An Empirical Investigation of Pull Requests in Partially Distributed BizDevOps Teams
V. Stray, N. B. Moe, M. Mikalsen +1
In globally distributed projects, virtual teams are often partially dispersed. One common setup occurs when several members from one company work with a large outsourcing vendor ba…
The Agile Coach Role: Coaching for Agile Performance Impact
Viktoria Stray, Anastasiia Tkalich, Nils Brede Moe
It is increasingly common to introduce agile coaches to help gain speed and advantage in agile companies. Following the success of Spotify, the role of the agile coach has branched…
Understanding coordination in global software engineering: A mixed-methods study on the use of meetings and Slack
Viktoria Stray, Nils Brede Moe
Given the relevance of coordination in the field of global software engineering, this work was carried out to further understand coordination mechanisms. Specifically, we investiga…
Autonomous agile teams: Challenges and future directions for research
Viktoria Stray, Nils Brede Moe, Rashina Hoda
According to the principles articulated in the agile manifesto, motivated and empowered software developers relying on technical excellence and simple designs, create business valu…
Daily Stand-Up Meetings: Start Breaking the Rules
Viktoria Stray, Nils Brede Moe, Dag I. K. Sjøberg
Members of high performing software teams collaborate, exchange information and coordinate their work on a frequent, regular basis. Most teams have the daily stand-up meeting as a…