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STUDENT : EDER PEREIRA DOS SANTOS
DATE: 16/02/2024
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: Remoto Webconf do PGCOMP
TITLE:

Technical debt in agile projects: Investigating the point of view of project management professionals on Stack Exchange

KEY WORDS:

Software Engineering, Technical Debt, Agile Software Development

PAGES: 87
BIG AREA: Ciências Exatas e da Terra
AREA: Ciência da Computação
SUBÁREA: Metodologia e Técnicas da Computação
SPECIALTY: Engenharia de Software
SUMMARY:

Technical Debt (TD) can provide short-term benefits for software projects, but its presence can lead to decreased product quality. Although recent literature has proposed several approaches to identify and manage Agile Software Development Technical Debt (TD-ASD), most of them look at the point of view of software developers. However, there is a gap in knowledge about how project management professionals perceive and deal with TD-ASD items. The objective of this study is to investigate how project management practitioners discuss and face TD items in their professional activities. To achieve this objective, an analysis of 108 discussions related to TD-ASD was carried out on the Stack Exchange Project Management (SEPM) question and answer website. These discussions totaled 547 posts and 882 text comments, providing a good overview of the topic. The analysis was conducted using quantitative and qualitative methods, employing open coding to identify types of TD and indicators. The study identified 74 indicators used to recognize TD-ASD items, 126 TD management practices and 9 types of TD. The most frequent discussions in SEPM about technical debt focus on two types of process and people, differing from previous studies with developers, which tended to focus on code and design debt items. Furthermore, the Product Owner and Development Team are the roles most involved with TD-ASD. Sprint Backlog and Sprint Planning are the agile elements most affected by TD-ASD. Project management professionals who use SEMP adopt a different perspective than developers when analyzing TD. TD management indicators and practices were structured in a Sankey diagram, providing a valuable tool to guide ID management and guide future research on the subject.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1674550 - MANOEL GOMES DE MENDONCA NETO
Externo à Instituição - JOSÉ AMÂNCIO MACEDO SANTOS - UEFS
Externo à Instituição - EDUARDO MANUEL DE FREITAS JORGE - UNEB