WORKING TIME USAGE AND TRACKING IN A SMALL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION

Lasse Harjumaa, Tytti Pokka, Heidi Moisanen, Jukka Sirviö

2008

Abstract

This paper represents a study of working time usage in a small software development organization. The purpose of the study was twofold. First, we wanted to understand how software developers in the organization work and second, we wanted to explore the attitudes they had toward different types of time tracking approaches. The aim was to provide practical suggestions of appropriate methods and tools for monitoring the developers’ time. According to the results, working with computer tools occupies the overwhelming majority of the working time although manual tasks and interruptions take some of the time. Even though the developers in the case company do not feel threatened by time monitoring, they do not either feel that monitoring is necessary, which is interesting and challenging from the project management viewpoint. We suggest that the case company should establish a lightweight, tool-based time tracking process and trains the developers to use the system and report their working time accurately.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Harjumaa L., Pokka T., Moisanen H. and Sirviö J. (2008). WORKING TIME USAGE AND TRACKING IN A SMALL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION . In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 3: ICSOFT, ISBN 978-989-8111-53-1, pages 168-173. DOI: 10.5220/0001886701680173

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsoft08,
author={Lasse Harjumaa and Tytti Pokka and Heidi Moisanen and Jukka Sirviö},
title={WORKING TIME USAGE AND TRACKING IN A SMALL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 3: ICSOFT,},
year={2008},
pages={168-173},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001886701680173},
isbn={978-989-8111-53-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 3: ICSOFT,
TI - WORKING TIME USAGE AND TRACKING IN A SMALL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION
SN - 978-989-8111-53-1
AU - Harjumaa L.
AU - Pokka T.
AU - Moisanen H.
AU - Sirviö J.
PY - 2008
SP - 168
EP - 173
DO - 10.5220/0001886701680173