pros and cons of Agile Engineering

1. Comparative Analysis of Job Satisfaction in Agile
and Non-Agile Software Development Teams
Grigori Melnik, Frank Maurer Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
{melnik, maurer}@cpsc.ucalgary.ca ,2006,International Conference
BY NITESH KUMAR AGARWAL.
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2. Objectives
1.Introduction
2.Research,Question and
Methods
3. Data Sources
4. Findings: Analysis &Discussion
5.Limitations and Caveats
6.Conclusion
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3. Satisfied with
----Agile or Non-Agile?
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4. Introduction
 Satisfaction
 Economy of the industry
 Voluntary turnover: which occurs when an employee voluntarily
chooses to resign from the organization
 Loss due to Advertising of job, Interview expense(airfare,
hotel),Selection and Training, loss of employee:
 appealing job offer, staff conflict, or lack of advancement opportunities.
 Organizational psychology :is the scientific study of human
behavior in the workplace.
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5. Research ,Question, Context and Methods
 Classified into Quantitative and comparative analysis basis
on stats report(hypotheses and testing strategies)
 Research Based on many teams, regions and employees to
check whether agile leading to higher, similar or lower job
satisfaction rate.
 Considering Computer world magazine –job satisfaction
stats in 2003.
 Organizational behavior, sociology and economically.
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6. Objectives
1.Introduction
2.Research,Question and
Methods
3. Data Sources
4. Findings: Analysis &Discussion
5.Limitations and Caveats
6.conclusion
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7. Data Sources
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Data Sources

9. JOB SATISFACTION FACTORS
 we performed both Chi-square and
Spearman’s correlation tests for each of them.
 The relationships of the level of agile
experience -opportunity to work on interesting
projects
 relationships with users were most strongly
positive.
 while the relationships with workload
satisfaction
 opportunity for advancement
 ability to influence day-to-day company’s
success
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10. Objectives
1.Introduction
2.Research,Question and
Methods
3. Data Sources
4. Findings: Analysis &Discussion
5.Limitations and Caveats
6.Conclusion
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11. Findings: Analysis and Discussion
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Findings: Analysis and Discussion

13. Happy Employee-Happy company/productivity -
myth?
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14. Overall Satisfaction By Job Roles And Factors Effecting Their Job Role:
 Office politics
 Little real time experience.
 Movement to offshore
development.
 Less team size <10.
 Manager resisted and developers
sneaked in large organizational
team.
 low salary and more work.
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15. Objectives
1.Introduction
2.Research,Question and
Methods
3. Data Sources
4. Findings: Analysis &Discussion
5.Limitations and Caveats
6.Conclusion
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16. Caveats and Limitations 16

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18. Objectives
1.Introduction
2.Research,Question and
Methods
3. Data Sources
4. Findings: Analysis &Discussion
5.Limitations and Caveats
6.Conclusion
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20. Conclusion: Our research evaluated the relationship between
development process and overall job satisfaction.
 positive correlation between the level of experience with agile methods and satisfaction.
 Comparative analysis of the way agile teams and general IT professionals in the industry perceive
their work.
 In addition, we found not only workers but managers of agile teams are overwhelmingly satisfied
-ten points more so.
 Indication that agile methods are not just a programmer-oriented movement
 Three strongest relationships:
 Affect the individual,
 The opportunity to work on interesting projects and
 The relationships with users/customers.
In our future work :desirability of movement and work stress.
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