Communicating about system requirements with user stories is a distinctive feature of Agile Softw... more Communicating about system requirements with user stories is a distinctive feature of Agile Software Development methods. While user stories make system requirements intelligible to both customers and technical developers, they also create new challenges for the requirements elicitation process such as personal bias and requirements coverage. In this study we propose that when elicited from groups instead of individuals, and with prompts, the number of stories generated and comprehensiveness of the stories is likely to increase. A lab experiment was conducted to examine these hypotheses is delineated in this paper. We found that prompting significantly increased the number of user stories generated as well as the comprehensiveness of the stories generated. We did not find a difference in user stories generated or comprehensiveness of stories generated by groups and individuals.
... Chair Gert-Jan de Vreede University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA Program Committee Chairs Robert... more ... Chair Gert-Jan de Vreede University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA Program Committee Chairs Robert O. Briggs Pedro Antunes ... Marcos Borges Fabio Calefato Traci Carte César Collazos Atanasi Daradoumis Bertrand David Gert-Jan de Vreede Dominique Decouchant Alicia ...
ABSTRACT Information sharing in social networking sites SNSs provides users the opportunity to ma... more ABSTRACT Information sharing in social networking sites SNSs provides users the opportunity to maintain relationships and express themselves. However, users share information with a heterogeneous audience with varied expectations. As a result, various social spheres may influence the information individuals share or their decision to share at all. The current research describes dimensions of information in terms of horizontal and vertical information sharing. Previous research has demonstrated the salience of social spheres with conflicting norms for SNS users. We build on previous research by exploring the effects of social spheres on the depth of information shared by SNS users. Students from a university in the USA and South Korea were interviewed to understand their perceptions of information sharing and the influence social spheres have on the depth of information they provide. We found that conflicting social spheres influence the depth of information provided when a user posts to their SNS and that impression management plays a key role.
2014 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2014
ABSTRACT Universities are under increasing pressure to provide real world experience to students.... more ABSTRACT Universities are under increasing pressure to provide real world experience to students. Entrepreneurial courses are prevalent in business schools and have been shown to develop entrepreneurial skills. Entrepreneurial skills are equally important in the development of IT innovations. The research in this area of education is not as prevalent. We argue that Agile Software development methods, along with other key course characteristics enable students to learn entrepreneurial skills related to IT product development and do so in an environment where innovation can flourish. We present some preliminary data, which demonstrates some success in the course in developing entrepreneurial skills, with a particular focus on the use of Agile Development and mentoring methods in developing those skills.
2010 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2010
Abstract Groups can generate large numbers of ideas as part of a decision-making process. These i... more Abstract Groups can generate large numbers of ideas as part of a decision-making process. These ideas may become too numerous for the group to process effectively. Ideas may also need to be clarified to facilitate this processing. Convergence patterns of group behavior help to reduce the number of ideas to a manageable set and at the same time clarify these ideas. Research aimed at understanding convergence is in the beginning stages. Researchers are developing methods of quantifying convergence. In this paper, we ...
Communicating about system requirements with user stories is a distinctive feature of Agile Softw... more Communicating about system requirements with user stories is a distinctive feature of Agile Software Development methods. While user stories make system requirements intelligible to both customers and technical developers, they also create new challenges for the requirements elicitation process such as personal bias and requirements coverage. In this study we propose that when elicited from groups instead of individuals, the
... Chair Gert-Jan de Vreede University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA Program Committee Chairs Robert... more ... Chair Gert-Jan de Vreede University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA Program Committee Chairs Robert O. Briggs Pedro Antunes ... Marcos Borges Fabio Calefato Traci Carte César Collazos Atanasi Daradoumis Bertrand David Gert-Jan de Vreede Dominique Decouchant Alicia ...
Communicating about system requirements with user stories is a distinctive feature of Agile Softw... more Communicating about system requirements with user stories is a distinctive feature of Agile Software Development methods. While user stories make system requirements intelligible to both customers and technical developers, they also create new challenges for the requirements elicitation process such as personal bias and requirements coverage. In this study we propose that when elicited from groups instead of individuals, and with prompts, the number of stories generated and comprehensiveness of the stories is likely to increase. A lab experiment was conducted to examine these hypotheses is delineated in this paper. We found that prompting significantly increased the number of user stories generated as well as the comprehensiveness of the stories generated. We did not find a difference in user stories generated or comprehensiveness of stories generated by groups and individuals.
... Chair Gert-Jan de Vreede University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA Program Committee Chairs Robert... more ... Chair Gert-Jan de Vreede University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA Program Committee Chairs Robert O. Briggs Pedro Antunes ... Marcos Borges Fabio Calefato Traci Carte César Collazos Atanasi Daradoumis Bertrand David Gert-Jan de Vreede Dominique Decouchant Alicia ...
ABSTRACT Information sharing in social networking sites SNSs provides users the opportunity to ma... more ABSTRACT Information sharing in social networking sites SNSs provides users the opportunity to maintain relationships and express themselves. However, users share information with a heterogeneous audience with varied expectations. As a result, various social spheres may influence the information individuals share or their decision to share at all. The current research describes dimensions of information in terms of horizontal and vertical information sharing. Previous research has demonstrated the salience of social spheres with conflicting norms for SNS users. We build on previous research by exploring the effects of social spheres on the depth of information shared by SNS users. Students from a university in the USA and South Korea were interviewed to understand their perceptions of information sharing and the influence social spheres have on the depth of information they provide. We found that conflicting social spheres influence the depth of information provided when a user posts to their SNS and that impression management plays a key role.
2014 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2014
ABSTRACT Universities are under increasing pressure to provide real world experience to students.... more ABSTRACT Universities are under increasing pressure to provide real world experience to students. Entrepreneurial courses are prevalent in business schools and have been shown to develop entrepreneurial skills. Entrepreneurial skills are equally important in the development of IT innovations. The research in this area of education is not as prevalent. We argue that Agile Software development methods, along with other key course characteristics enable students to learn entrepreneurial skills related to IT product development and do so in an environment where innovation can flourish. We present some preliminary data, which demonstrates some success in the course in developing entrepreneurial skills, with a particular focus on the use of Agile Development and mentoring methods in developing those skills.
2010 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2010
Abstract Groups can generate large numbers of ideas as part of a decision-making process. These i... more Abstract Groups can generate large numbers of ideas as part of a decision-making process. These ideas may become too numerous for the group to process effectively. Ideas may also need to be clarified to facilitate this processing. Convergence patterns of group behavior help to reduce the number of ideas to a manageable set and at the same time clarify these ideas. Research aimed at understanding convergence is in the beginning stages. Researchers are developing methods of quantifying convergence. In this paper, we ...
Communicating about system requirements with user stories is a distinctive feature of Agile Softw... more Communicating about system requirements with user stories is a distinctive feature of Agile Software Development methods. While user stories make system requirements intelligible to both customers and technical developers, they also create new challenges for the requirements elicitation process such as personal bias and requirements coverage. In this study we propose that when elicited from groups instead of individuals, the
... Chair Gert-Jan de Vreede University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA Program Committee Chairs Robert... more ... Chair Gert-Jan de Vreede University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA Program Committee Chairs Robert O. Briggs Pedro Antunes ... Marcos Borges Fabio Calefato Traci Carte César Collazos Atanasi Daradoumis Bertrand David Gert-Jan de Vreede Dominique Decouchant Alicia ...
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