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Developers experience (DX) in ALM software tools: an investigation on virtual kanban boards

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Priscila Portela Costa,

Alexandre Alvaro,

Luciana A. M. ZainaAuthors Info & Claims

SBES '20: Proceedings of the XXXIV Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering

Pages 167 - 172

https://doi.org/10.1145/3422392.3422475

Published: 21 December 2020 Publication History

Abstract

In recent years, the work in software engineering has demanded professionals with not only technical but also social skills. Besides, these professionals have struggled to handle the different tools which impact straight in their experience. Among the various tools, virtual kanban boards arise as a tool intensely used by developers. However, little has been investigated about the developers' experience (DX) with these tools. This paper aims to examine the DX of software professionals with virtual kanban boards. We conducted focus group sessions with 10 developers to understand the issues they faced when using these tools. In our analysis, we explored the data gathered from the perspectives of how the developers perceive the resources of the virtual kanban tools, feel about their work, and see the value of their contribution. Our results showed that the developers often struggled in understanding the project scope from the virtual kanban boards they used in their workplace.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3528579.3529172

Index Terms

Developers experience (DX) in ALM software tools: an investigation on virtual kanban boards
1. General and reference
  1. Cross-computing tools and techniques
    1. Empirical studies
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management

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SBES '20: Proceedings of the XXXIV Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering

October 2020

901 pages

ISBN:9781450387538

DOI:10.1145/3422392

General Chairs:
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SBES '20: 34th Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering

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Pereira CSantos AMachado LZaina LBaldassarre MPrechelt LRodríguez-Pérez G(2022)How developers feel about toolsProceedings of the 15th International Conference on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering10.1145/3528579.3529172(1-10)Online publication date: 21-May-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3528579.3529172

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