Developer experience · Empirical task study with code-writing, comprehension, and review tasks, physiological measurement, and surveys.
A Study of Interruptions During Software Engineering Activities
Proceedings of the ACM on Software Engineering · 2024
Summary
High-dominance on-screen interruptions increased code-comprehension time; combined interruption types affected code-review time, and effects varied by task/type.
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Reported result
What the study found
High-dominance on-screen interruptions increased code-comprehension time; combined interruption types affected code-review time, and effects varied by task/type.
Research question
What the authors investigated
How do interruption type, requester dominance/urgency, and task type affect software-engineering performance and stress?
Design
Empirical task study with code-writing, comprehension, and review tasks, physiological measurement, and surveys.
Sample and setting
Participants performed software-engineering tasks under in-person and on-screen interruption conditions; the fetched abstract does not state a sample size.
Scope and transfer
Limitations to keep in view
Laboratory/task conditions and unspecified abstract sample size limit ecological and population generalization.
Research sources
Fetched ACM publisher page establishes DOI, abstract, task design, measures, and findings; no unsupported participant count added. Firecrawl research job 01a1436c-f86b-77df-af1c-9a2f87e3535e returned this citation and metadata.