Buyer behavior · Exploratory empirical study

An exploratory study of productivity perceptions in software teams

ICSE Proceedings · 2022

Anastasia Ruvimova, Alexander Lill, Jan Gugler, Lauren Howe, Elaine Huang, Gail Murphy, Thomas Fritz

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Summary

Explores how productivity is perceived within software teams and what contextual factors shape those perceptions.

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Possible founder application

Ask teams what blocks productive work and use those responses to prioritize tooling and process improvements.

Reported result

What the study found

Explores how productivity is perceived within software teams and what contextual factors shape those perceptions.

Research question

What the authors investigated

How does the study’s stated design explain its reported outcome in this setting?

Design

Exploratory empirical study

Sample and setting

Software teams and developer perceptions; abstract-only

Scope and transfer

Limitations to keep in view

Exploratory design and self-report measures limit causal inference.

Research sources

abstract_only

Study strength

3.5/5 Abstract-level evidence is useful for framing questions; verify full methods before transfer.

How this was assessed

The 1–5 evidence-check score is a practical reading aid, not a formal peer review or a probability that a conclusion is true. It combines design strength (2 points), sample reporting (1), comparison/control clarity (1), and how much of the paper could be checked (1). Access affects how confidently this directory can assess a study, not the study's underlying quality. Blinding is reported separately because it is not relevant to every design.

Design transparency · 2/2

Based on the reported study design in the retrieved source.

Sample and setting · 1/1

The sample context is stated; a numerical count is preserved only when reported.

Outcome clarity · 1/1

The finding is summarized from publisher or article metadata.

Access for checking · 0.5/1

Only abstract or bibliographic access was confirmed.

Double-blind? The retrieved publisher record does not establish whether participants or outcome assessors were blinded.

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