Whilst co-location is the common and preferred kind and key standard for self-organizing
agile teams, this option is not always possible for some organizations that have to lead to the …

Uncertainties and changes in software requirements have compelled companies to become
more agile in software development projects. To keep pace with the agile environment …

Recruiting participants for software engineering research has been a primary concern of the
human factors community. This is particularly true for quantitative investigations that require …

Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, the daily lives of
software engineers were heavily disrupted as they were abruptly forced to work remotely …

Purpose This research examines how recent changes in working practices as a result of
COVID-19–most often making knowledge-based work for technologists remote to the main …

COVID-19 has likely been the most disruptive event at a global scale the world experienced
since WWII. Our discipline never experienced such a phenomenon, whereby software …

Agile software development (ASD) methods such as Scrum promote collocated team
collaboration. However, adopting Scrum in hybrid work environments can pose challenges …

Purpose This study aims to understand how distributed agile teams (DATs), encouraged by
globalisation, and recently accelerated by the COVID-19 outbreak, adopt agile practices to …

This study explored stakeholder involvement practice in digitalisation of the construction
industry in the UK, and the influence thereof in the adoption of digital technologies. A …

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant and enduring shifts in various aspects of
life, including increased flexibility in work arrangements. In a longitudinal study, spanning 24 …