Browsing by Author "Colomo-Palacios, Ricardo"

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Citation Count: Misra, S...et al. (2013). A discussion on the role of people in global software development. Tehnicki Vjesnik-Technical Gazette, 20(3), 525-531.
A discussion on the role of people in global software development
(Univ Osijek, Tech Fac., 2013) Misra, Sanjay; Colomo-Palacios, Ricardo; Pusatlı, Tolga; Soto-Acosta, Pedro; 51704
Literature is producing a considerable amount of papers which focus on the risks, challenges and solutions of global software development (GSD). However, the influence of human factors on the success of GSD projects requires further study. The aim of our paper is twofold. First, to identify the challenges related to the human factors in GSD and, second, to propose the solution(s), which could help in solving or reducing the overall impact of these challenges. The main conclusions of this research can be valuable to organizations that are willing to achieve the quality objectives regarding GSD projects.
Citation Count: Misra, S...et al. (2013). "A Discussion On the Role of People in Global Software Development [Rasprava O Ulozi Ljudi U Globalnom Razvoju Softvera]", Tehnicki Vjesnik, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 525-531.
A Discussion On the Role of People in Global Software Development [Rasprava O Ulozi Ljudi U Globalnom Razvoju Softvera]
(2013) Misra, Sanjay; Colomo-Palacios, Ricardo; Pusatlı, Özgür Tolga; Soto-Acosta, Pedro; 51704
Literature is producing a considerable amount of papers which focus on the risks, challenges and solutions of global software development (GSD). However, the influence of human factors on the success of GSD projects requires further study. The aim of our paper is twofold. First, to identify the challenges related to the human factors in GSD and, second, to propose the solution(s), which could help in solving or reducing the overall impact of these challenges. The main conclusions of this research can be valuable to organizations that are willing to achieve the quality objectives regarding GSD projects.
Citation Count: Yilmaz, Murat...et al. (2017). An examination of personality traits and how they impact on software development teams, Information And Software Technology, 86, 101-122.
An examination of personality traits and how they impact on software development teams
(Elsevier Science BV, 2017) Yılmaz, Murat; O'Connor, Rory V.; Colomo-Palacios, Ricardo; Clarke, Paul; 55248
Context Research has shown that a significant number of software projects fail due to social issues such as team or personality conflicts. However, only a limited number of empirical studies have been undertaken to understand the impact of individuals' personalities on software team configurations. These studies suffer from an important limitation as they lack a systematic and rigorous method to relate personality traits of software practitioners and software team structures. Objective: Based on an interactive personality profiling approach, the goal of this study is to reveal the personality traits of software practitioners with an aim to explore effective software team structures. Method: To explore the importance of individuals' personalities on software teams, we employed a two-step empirical approach. Firstly, to assess the personality traits of software practitioners, we developed a context-specific survey instrument, which was conducted on 216 participants from a middle-sized soft ware company. Secondly, we propose a novel team personality illustration method to visualize team structures. Results: Study results indicated that effective team structures support teams with higher emotional stability, agreeableness, extroversion, and conscientiousness personality traits. Conclusion: Furthermore, empirical results of the current study show that extroversion trait was more predominant than previously suggested in the literature, which was especially more observable among agile software development teams. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Citation Count: Herranz, Eduardo; Colomo-Palacios, Ricardo; de Amescua Seco, Antonio "Gamification as a disruptive factor in software processimprovement initiatives" Journal Of Universal Computer Science, Vol.20, No.6, pp.885-906, (2014).
Gamification as a disruptive factor in software processimprovement initiatives
(Graz Univ Technolgoy, 2014) Herranz, Eduardo; Colomo-Palacios, Ricardo; de Amescua Seco, Antonio; Yılmaz, Murat
For any Software Process Improvement (SPI) initiative to succeed human factors, in particular, motivation and commitment of the people involved should be kept in mind. In fact, Organizational Change Management (OCM) has been identified as an essential knowledge area for any SPI initiative. However, enough attention is still not given to the human factors and therefore, the high degree of failures in the SPI initiatives is directly linked to a lack of commitment and motivation. Gamification discipline allows us to define mechanisms that drive people's motivation and commitment towards the development of tasks in order to encourage and accelerate the acceptance of an SPI initiative. In this paper, a gamification framework oriented to both organization needs and software practitioners groups involved in an SPI initiative is defined. This framework tries to take advantage of the transverse nature of gamification in order to apply its Critical Success Factors (CSF) to the organizational change management of an SPI. Gamification framework guidelines have been validated by some qualitative methods. Results show some limitations that threaten the reliability of this validation. These require further empirical validation of a software organization.
Citation Count: Yilmaz, Murat...et al., "Guest Editorial: Gamification and Persuasive Games for Software Engineering", IET Software, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 97-98, (2019).
Guest Editorial: Gamification and Persuasive Games for Software Engineering
(Inst Engineering Technology-IET, 2019) Yılmaz, Murat; O'Connor, Rory V.; Colomo-Palacios, Ricardo; Clarke, Paul