Exploring motivational differences between software developers and project managers

Helen Sharp, Tracy Hall, Nathan Baddoo, Sarah Beecham

Abstract

In this paper, we describe our investigation of the motivational differences between project managers and developers. Motivation has been found to be a central factor in successful software projects. However the motivation of software engineers is generally poorly understood and previous work done in the area is thought to be largely out-of-date. We present data collected from 6 software developers and 4 project managers at a workshop we organized at the XP2006 international conference.

BibTeX

@inproceedings{Sharp-al:FSE07,
  author    = {Helen Sharp and
               Tracy Hall and
               Nathan Baddoo and
               Sarah Beecham},
  title     = {Exploring motivational differences between software developers and project managers},
  booktitle = {{ESEC/SIGSOFT} {FSE}},
  pages     = {501--504},
  publisher = {{ACM}},
  year      = {2007},
}

Exploring motivational differences between software developers and project managers

Abstract

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