Rethinking productivity in software engineering. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Caitlin Sadowski, Thomas Zimmermann.
• Editors: Sadowski, Caitlin; Ph. D, Zimmermann, Thomas
• Contents: Rethinking Productivity in Software Engineering Part I: ​Introduction to Productivity 1. The Mythical 10x Programmer 2. No Single Metric Captures Productivity 3. Why We Should Not Measure Productivity Part II: Introduction to Productivity 4. Defining Productivity in Software Engineering 5. A Software Development Productivity Framework 6. Individual, Team, Organization, and Market: Four Lenses of Productivity 7. Software Productivity Through the Lens of Knowledge Work Part III: The Context of Productivity 8. Factors That Influence Productivity: A Checklist 9. How Do Interruptions Affect Productivity? 10. Happiness and the Productivity of Software Engineers 11. Dark Agile: Perceiving People as Assets Not Humans Part IV: Measuring Productivity in Practice 12. Developers' Diverging Perceptions of Productivity 13. Human-Centered Methods to Boost Productivity 14. Using Biometric Sensors to Measure Productivity 15. How Team Awareness Influences Perceptions of Developer Productivity 16. Software Engineering Dashboard: Types, Risks, and Future 17. The COSMIC Method for Measuring the Work-Output Component of Productivity 18. Benchmarking: Comparing Apples to Apples Part V: Best Practices for Productivity 19. Removing Software Development Waste to Improve Productivity 20. Organizational Maturity: The Elephant Affecting Productivity 21. Does Pair Programming Pay Off? 22: Fitbit for Developers: Self-Monitoring at Work 23: Reducing Interruptions at Word with FlowLight 24: Enabling Productive Software Development by Improving Information Flow 25: Mindfulness as a Potential Tool for Productivity.
• Publisher Details: Berkeley, CA : Apress
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxviii, 310 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 005.1; Software engineering; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781484242216; 1484242211
• Related ISBNs: 9781484242209
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 20, 2019).
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