Development Team Research Articles

Agile Practices and IT Development Team Well-Being: Unveiling the Path to Successful Project Delivery

Agile methods have become popular in the field of software development, offering improved efficiency and product quality. Despite this widespread use, fewer studies have explored in one model their effect on job stress, psychological safety, job engagement, and enhanced job and career satisfaction, which are all the factors that can impact project success delivery. Our study surveyed software development teams with extensive agile experiences. The findings showed that agile practices have a positive influence on job and career satisfaction, better job engagement, improved psychological safety, and project success delivery. However, there are high levels of job stress reported that negatively affect job satisfaction and project results. Therefore, successfully implementing agile methods depends on maintaining sustainable development practices and improving the level of motivation in the agile teams.

Enhancing Capacity for Primary Care Research in Cancer Survivorship: National Cancer Institute Meeting Report.

Many components of long-term cancer follow-up and survivorship care are managed in the primary care context. Given the important role that primary care has in survivorship care, it is critical to ensure that teams in these settings are prepared to address long-term needs. Evidence-based strategies to deliver survivorship care in primary care settings in the US remain limited. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Office of Cancer Survivorship (OCS) conducted a day-long virtual event, Enhancing Capacity for Primary Care Research in Cancer Survivorship: A Workshop for Action, on February 28, 2024, to discuss research needs addressing the intersection between primary care and cancer survivorship. Topics discussed to advance this area of research included: system-level interventions, methods and measurement, and mentorship and research team building, especially for early career researchers. The purpose of this report is to provide a summary of the key findings. Gaps and opportunities include: (1) health systems-level research that investigates primary care practice-level capacity, (2) identification and characterization of the targeted cancer survivor populations for primary care research; (3) leveraging electronic medical records to track relevant patient outcomes throughout survivorship; and (4) development/creation of communities of practice to support and build research capacity. Team science approaches were identified as a core strategy to advance survivorship research. The meeting closed with a reflection and call to action focused on building collaborations that span different research areas, disciplines, and organizations and building a broad network of a primary care practice focused research.

Transformasi Layanan SIM Nasional Presisi (SINAR) melalui Inovasi Aplikasi Digital Korlantas Polri di SATPAS Colombo Surabaya

The implementation of public services in Indonesia is regulated by Law Number 25 of 2009, namely a series of activities to meet service needs in accordance with regulations for every citizen and resident. This service includes goods, services or administrative services provided by public service providers. In addition, through Presidential Instruction Number 3 of 2003 concerning national policies and strategies for developing E-government, communication and information technology is utilized in government processes to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of government administration. One form of e-government-based public service innovation introduced by the National Police Chief is the National Police Traffic Corps Digital application in the form of the SINAR Service with the aim of providing more effective and efficient public services in the driving license (SIM) renewal process which can be accessed online. The aim of this research is to describe the Digital Application Innovation of the National Police Traffic Corps in the SINAR (Precision National Driving License) Service at SATPAS Colombo Surabaya. This research uses a qualitative descriptive approach. The research results show that: 1) Relative Advantage, This innovation was accepted quickly, even though there were internal challenges related to the applicant's signals and devices. 2) Compatibility, acceptance of innovation is fast, but some people still don't know about SINAR services because socialization is not yet comprehensive. 3) Complexity, innovation is accepted quickly, but there are technical problems such as lag or bugs when uploading photos. 4) Triability, positive and rapid acceptance of the innovation due to internal testing by the development team, Satpas staff, as well as a two-week trial with SIM applicants that successfully identified and fixed problems, ensuring the application meets user needs. 5) Observability, innovation is accepted quickly in society, but there are still deficiencies in data collection on applicant queues by security officers that need to be considered.

PhD-DNP Collaboration: An Integrative Review of Scholarly Partnerships in Nursing.

Nurses holding terminal degrees, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor of Nursing Science (DNS), and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), fulfill different roles in nursing. The continued growth of nursing science and practice is dependent on alliances between these nurses that produce state-of-the-art knowledge and support the translation of evidence to practice. This integrative review described characteristics of scholarly collaborations between nurses holding a research-focused degree, the PhD, and those holding a practice-focused degree, the DNP. Five major nursing, medicine, and education databases were searched for peer-reviewed, original articles addressing or describing the characteristics of PhD-DNP scholarly collaborations, published through March 2023. In total, 15 articles met the inclusion criteria, and an integrative synthesis was conducted using constant comparison and thematic analysis. Findings included one overarching theme, Role Clarification, as well as four subthemes that emerged across the sample, describing key characteristics of collaborative PhD-DNP scholarship: (1) Mutual understanding and appreciation of strengths; (2) Strategic project planning and team building; (3) Clear organizational/administrative directives and guidance; and (4) Shared goals for the nursing profession. Articles describing the collaboration between nurses holding doctoral degrees are limited and provide primarily lower-level research evidence and evidence-based practice outcomes. Despite efforts to foster scholarly collaborations among nurses holding terminal degrees, more research is needed to clarify individual roles, offer tangible strategies for collaboration, and measure outcomes of collaboration benefitting healthcare systems, patient outcomes, and the nursing profession. This integrative review involved only the review of the extant literature.

Uso del framework de ISTQB para aplicaciones desarrolladas en una entidad bancaria: Caso de uso “Portabilidad de Nómina”

This paper refers to quality control through software testing, by managing the fundamental elements that involve the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB), using the Extreme Programming (XP) methodology. The purpose of this paper is to implement a test plan strategy for the verification and validation of the processes that are being carried out for Payroll Portability in the Financial Institution, which allows the identification of artifacts and/or documents that support decision-making for senior management, obtaining as a product in the test control process both individually and as a development team.

How far can I trust you? Understanding the social identity perspective of trust development in global virtual teams

How far can I trust you? Understanding the social identity perspective of trust development in global virtual teams

Statistical mathematics in video games

Abstract. Statistics play a crucial role in game design and development, with statistical mathematics being an essential element that developers must carefully consider. The paper introduces how statistical elements can be utilized to develop a creative gameplay mechanism that precisely aligns with the general requirements of players. Since the players gaming experience is considered the most important factor in a game, developers should be open to modifying their game based on feedback from dissatisfied players, which will enable the development team to provide an enhanced experience for all players. For multiplayer online games, the matching mechanism, which determines the teammates and opponents for each player, is just as crucial as the game's basic gameplay mechanism. Through statistical classification methods, we can improve the fairness of this matching process by analyzing players previous behavior and labeling them with their level. Overall, we can conclude that statistics can be used to design games by establishing a general framework and incorporating compelling elements. Additionally, statistics are essential for balancing game attributes and facilitating the perfect matching process.

Who are we? An autoethnographic investigation into professional role identity of the Learning Developer

This presentation was based on a proposed small-scale research project which aimed to investigate how a small team of Learning Developers (six) feel about their professional identity, and whether the job title of Academic Skills Advisor (ASA) at Edge Hill University has accurately reflected their combined experience and professional standing. This research project was designed to be undertaken within the Student Engagement Team Community of Practice (SETCoP) and had been identified as a useful chance to explore the Learning Development (LD) skills base through the practice of collaborative autoethnography (Chang, 2022). Eyre and Slawson (2018) recognise that self-descriptions enable Learning Developers to maintain control over defining the value of LD practice. This research project employs a qualitative research approach to investigate whether participants’ self-identify matches with the given job title. Ethical approval was sought internally within Edge Hill University. Thus, this presentation also highlighted the readiness of the professional role identity of the Learning Developer team and how they managed to build inclusive LD space within their Community of Practice in order to connect socially, emotionally, and physically. They also discussed how they planned for data gathering and evaluating the collective feelings of the ASAs to reflect the impacts of the evolution of the job title as an LD role which enabled them to show their identity, practices, values, and status.

Academic literacies as a theoretical underpinning for Learning Development support

Research into academic literacy or literacies, however the term is defined, and how the field relates to disciplinary practice, has been debated in recent decades (Lillis and Scott, 2007; Lillis, 2019). Consideration of academic literacies is also a key component of the Learning Development community as the profession has evolved and developed its own identity. Is the term defined as ‘literacy’ or ‘literacies’? Is it a core component of Learning Development practice, or is it more tied to disciplinary and curriculum-based delivery? By understanding the literature around the definition and the development and application of academic literacies, can we consider how this relates to current perceptions and understanding of the field in a Learning Development context and what impact it may have on student learning? This workshop provided participants with the opportunity to hear about current research being undertaken by the ALDinHE research virtual Community of Practice (vCoP) to investigate our current understanding of academic literacies, how they are (or it is, if considered a singular literacy) perceived across the Learning Development community, and how we might measure its impact on our practice and student learning. For simplicity within this paper, academic literacies will be referred to as a plural form. Due to the historical creation of Learning Development teams in response to sector changes in higher education, this workshop provided participants with the opportunity to hear about the current research on academic literacies. Participants were also able to discuss their own experiential views to develop a shared understanding of how we may apply this understanding to practice, and what the impact on our work may be. The workshop aimed to help define our understanding of academic literacies—both in terms of the literature and in practice—and take away ideas and examples of practice that we can apply in our own work.

Embedding academic literacies and skills into courses through graduate competency maps

The University of Bedfordshire will launch our updated Curriculum Framework in autumn 2024. A core feature will be for all courses to include a Graduate Development Pathway which spans pre-arrival, induction, first assessment, on course teaching, and beyond graduation. A central part of the pathway is a universal ‘learning to learn’ six-week induction that addresses the development of core academic literacies and skills. This is then followed by course specific graduate competency maps that outline how institutional graduate competencies are developed across units within a course. Institutional graduate competencies such as ‘communication’, ‘problem solving’, and ‘digital learning’ align to topics historically supported by our Learning Development Team. As such, it is pivotal that the Learning Development Team is involved in the development of these maps. Our approach to developing Graduate Pathways will therefore position Learning Developers at the heart of curriculum co-creation. Course teams will work in partnership with our Learning Development Team (along with Careers and Employability Advisors) to develop graduate competency maps. This empowers Learning Developers to draw upon their expertise and support the embedding of academic literacies and skills across the institution. This both positions and recognises the LD team as institutional experts in ‘learning to learn’ and mitigates the need for our LD Team to ‘fight against the notion that we are teaching ‘study skills’ in a deficit way’ (Hood, 2023, p.200) as often still seems to remain the case in the HE sector. I foresee (and hope) that ‘Learning Development for the future’ will see more universities introducing similar processes that facilitate and empower Learning Development teams to share their expertise. This in turn would mean the ‘third space’ (Holley and Biggins, 2023, p.84) typically occupied by Learning Developers will become increasingly expansive in the future.

Mudik Assistance Application Using Android-Based Scrum Method

Homecoming is an activity undertaken by nomads and migrant workers to return to their hometowns. In Indonesia, going home is synonymous with annual traditions starting from religious and national holidays such as Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Christmas and New Year. However, going home is often accompanied by traffic jams and confusion, which can be a nuisance for travelers. Therefore, a possible solution to overcome this problem is to develop a mobile application to support homecoming. This research focuses on developing an Android-based homecoming assistance application using the Scrum methodology. The aim is to create technological solutions that make it easier for Indonesian people to return home every year. The development process is divided into sprints, and each sprint lasts two weeks. Each sprint includes planning, developing, and evaluating features such as real-time maps, traffic information, stop locations, and emergency response systems. The development team works closely with stakeholders to ensure that the application meets user needs. The research results show that the use of the Scrum methodology increases development efficiency and improves the quality of the final product. The resulting application prototype received a positive response in user testing. 90% of participants found the app useful when returning home. In conclusion, the development of homecoming assistance applications using the Scrum methodology has produced an effective and user-friendly solution to help travelers. This research opens up opportunities for further development and large-scale implementation in the future.

Breaking down barriers: creating a community of learning development at the University of St Andrews

This presentation outlined a collaboration that delivered an integrated in-sessional academic and learning development provision for students at the University of St Andrews. Staff from the student learning development team in the Centre for Educational Enhancement and Development, and the Academic English Service, situated in the International Education Institute, partnered to bring previously segregated provisions together for academic year 2023/24. Historically both units have provided separate in-sessional one-to-one tutorials dictated by students’ first language or stage of study, but with overlap in some skills areas such as writing development. Each service had different parameters in terms of who could access the tutorials and how often they could do so. Due to the restrictions of each provision, and the siloed nature of the services, we identified that students were often not accessing the most appropriate form of tutorial, and that some tutorials were not being used to best effect. The provision has been reimagined to proffer a new Academic Development Community with the aim of creating a more effective and inclusive resource. This presentation unpicks motivations for pursuing a unified service and reflects on the changes made. The session shared the results of qualitative and quantitative student feedback on the newly aligned provision, and the perceptions of focus group participants on the unified service and relationship with contributing units. Combining the feedback collected thus far with our own professional reflections we explored the outcomes of these changes, as well as the challenges encountered in our collaborative approach. We concluded by sharing the future directions of this collaboration.

TEACHING COMPUTATIONAL THINKING IN LEARNING COMMUNITY: A CASE STUDY OF SOLKAN PRIMARY SCHOOL

Slovene kindergartens and schools have introduced a learning community where teachers learn from and with each other, acquire knowledge, and strengthen students' skills. The success of such connections depends on shared values, attitudes, beliefs, and supportive mutual relationships. Teachers are essential when Slovene school participates in development projects B-RIN, aimed at introducing fundamental computer science and informatics content and computational thinking into kindergarten groups and school classes. When selecting members of the development team, the participants were guided by the criterion that the selected educators and teachers are open to exploring their teaching practices, capable of continuously upgrading and evaluating their pedagogical work, and developing and improving their teaching approaches based on the study of their practice, emphasizing student-centred approaches. The purpose of this contribution is to highlight the implicit theories and attitudes of the development team and school staff regarding the understanding and importance of introducing fundamental B-RIN content and computational thinking into teaching, not only in the STEM field but also in other subject areas, and to present the approaches with which participants have influenced the implicit theories and attitudes of teachers and educators within our VI organization. This is also because training students in computational thinking and fundamental computer science and informatics content significantly impacts the development of metacognitive strategies, such as problem-solving skills, especially for open-ended problems, self-regulation learning skills, perseverance in facing failure, consequently greater resilience, and encouraging creativity. Therefore, it also broadly impacts the mental health of students. Keywords: computational thinking, implicit theories and attitudes, learning community, metacognitive strategies, development team

Challenges and Opportunities Faced by Contemporary Environmental Art Design Teaching Strategies

This article explores the importance and implementation strategies of comprehensive educational reform in ideological and political theory courses in universities. The article point south at comprehensive education reform is not only an inevitable requirement to adapt to the development needs of the new era, but also a key to improving the quality of ideological and political education, promoting the development of the teacher team, and building a discourse system for ideological and political education with Chinese characteristics. Faced with challenges such as globalization and informatization, ideological and political courses need to update their teaching content, introduce current hot topics, strengthen practical teaching, adopt diversified teaching methods, and fully utilize modern information technology. At the same time, it emphasizes the student-centered teaching philosophy and focuses on cultivating student’s-learning ability and critical thinking. These efforts aim to make ideological and political courses more relevant to the times and students, and contribute to the cultivation of socialist builders and successors with comprehensive development in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor.

Social Movements and Environmental Activism: Interactive Mechanisms of Leadership, Organization and Resource Mobilization

The paper focuses on the interactive relationship between leadership, organizational structure, and resource mobilization in environmental protection activities, revealing their pivotal roles. Leadership, as the core driving force, guides the vision of environmental conservation and unleashes the potential of the team. The organizational system serves as the cornerstone for efficient operation, ensuring clear responsibilities, information flow, and resource sharing while fostering team and cultural development. Resource mobilization provides the material foundation for activities, enhancing their momentum and effectiveness through diversified funding and efficient allocation. These three elements are tightly interconnected, forming a synergistic effect that boosts the efficiency and sustainability of environmental protection activities. Strengthening leadership, optimizing organizations, and expanding resource channels are the crucial pathways to constructing an efficient environmental protection mobilization mechanism, holding profound significance for the cause of environmental protection.

Encourage volunteerism for team building

You know those really old people that volunteer at the hospital? Well, that now describes my husband and me. My husband drives a golf cart in the parking lots, carrying the visitors and patients to and fro. I sit at the front desk of one of the two medical office buildings that sit on the hospital campus. I smile, say hi, and answer simple questions. I’m not unlike the greeters at the big‐box stores, except I wear a red vest rather than a blue one.

Diversity challenges in German nursing teams: a participatory organizational development approach

Abstract Background Migration of health care professionals, demographic change and the transformation of the health care system result in highly diverse nursing teams in German hospitals and nursing homes. Different orientations (regarding qualification, generation or migration background) collide in a working environment characterized by staff shortage, time pressure and decisions about life and death. But team cooperation not only has a strong impact on patient safety, but on job satisfaction and therefore retention management. Little is known on how teams cope with diversity challenges and how this is linked with organizational structures. Methods Based on qualitative content analysis of 197,5 hours of participatory observation, 8 group discussions and 25 interviews in 6 nursing teams in 2 hospitals and 2 nursing homes situated in a major German city, we developed workshops on the topic of team diversity and cooperation. 10 workshops (4-16 participants each) were in held in 2023/24 both on team- and management-level. Results All teams are struggling with diversity-related problems, but in their specific ways, depending on the particular neighbourhood of the facility and team composition among other things. Due to the strong team spirit and identity, the teams have a fundamental tendency to integrate diverse perspectives and orientations. But they need time capacities and supportive organizational structures. The workshops created a space to discuss the team specific problems. Starting points for structural changes could be identified and further discussed in the workshops at the next higher hierarchical level. Conclusions Organisational structures provide the framework conditions that enable teams to integrate different perspectives resulting from diversity in a productive way. One-fits all solutions are not suitable to address those problems and improve teamwork. A participatory bottom-up process seems to be the most appropriate approach. Key messages • Institutions need to provide structures in which diversity is not perceived as an additional burden. • The best way to initiate improvements is through a participatory bottom-up approach.

WATERFALL MODEL OVER PCD.UCT MODEL REVIEW

Abstract. The software development life cycle (SDLC) has seen the evolution of numerous models, each tailored to meet specific project needs. Among these, the Waterfall Model has been a longstanding, traditional approach, characterized by its linear and sequential phases. In contrast, the PcD.UcT Model, a relatively newer framework, advocates for a more iterative and user-centered approach. This paper presents a comprehensive review of the Waterfall Model, evaluating its strengths and limitations in modern software development. It contrasts these findings with the PcD.UcT Model, analyzing how its principles better align with contemporary project demands, particularly in terms of flexibility, user engagement, and iterative refinement. Through this comparative analysis, the paper aims to provide insights into the applicability and effectiveness of each model, offering guidance for software development teams in choosing the appropriate methodology for their projects. Since the waterfall development methodology, the key requirements in system development strategies have shifted from processes to users. Because the process as well as the customers are both equally important, employing either a predictive or an adaptive methodology is extremely difficult. The primary goal of this work is mainly combining and then evaluating all the relevant methodologies in order to create a HydroGIS that accurately automates the complexities of the hydrology process in a HydroGIS environment while meeting all user requirements.

Clustering and Prioritization of Web Crowdsourced Test Reports Based on Text Classification

In crowdsourced testing, prioritizing numerous test reports is critical for improving developer review efficiency. Many researchers have proposed methods for prioritizing crowdsourced test reports for mobile applications, however, web crowdsourced test reports usually contain more detailed text and more complex screenshots, which makes prioritizing them especially necessary. This paper proposes a prioritization method named TCDiv, based on the data characteristics of web crowdsourcing test reports. First, using a pre-trained TextCNN model, the text of each report is segmented into two parts: reproduction steps and defect descriptions. Then, features are extracted from textual and image information respectively, and clustering technique is utilized to classify similar reports, and finally the clustering results are ranked and sampled. To validate the approach, experiments were conducted on 717 web crowdsourced test reports. The results show that TCDiv can detect more different defects in a limited time, thus improving the review efficiency of the development team.

Exploration of Collaborative Innovation Pathways in the Development of Clinical Pharmacy Faculty Teams

Objective: To explore the collaborative innovation pathways for the development of clinical pharmacy faculty teams. Methods: Taking clinical pharmacy faculty in Shaanxi Province as the research subjects, the study investigates their current status and identifies existing issues. Based on these findings, collaborative innovation pathways for building clinical pharmacy faculty teams are proposed. The pathways are then implemented and evaluated to determine the final approach. Results: The proposed pathways include the establishment of collaborative bases for clinical pharmacy talent training, the creation of an internal mechanism for the collaborative development of clinical pharmacy faculty across multiple units, the development of a faculty training mechanism for instructors at clinical pharmacy internship bases, and the establishment of a collaborative incentive and competition mechanism combining universities and hospitals. Conclusion: This collaborative pathway meets the urgent needs of resource sharing, complementary strengths, cooperative problem-solving, and collaborative innovation. It aims to improve teaching quality and cultivate clinical pharmacy talents for society.