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Towards the understanding and classification of the personality traits of software development practitioners: situational context cards approach

Yilmaz, Murat ORCID: 0000-0002-2446-3224 and O'Connor, Rory ORCID: 0000-0001-9253-0313 (2012) Towards the understanding and classification of the personality traits of software development practitioners: situational context cards approach. In: 38th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, 5-8 Sept 2012, Izmir, Turkey.

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Abstract

This study explores the personality traits of software development practitioners by using a classification schema based on the personality traits extended on the Myers-Briggs type indicator (MBTI). To extract the information necessary for un- derstanding and classification of software development personnel, we developed a card game playable with either single or multiple participants. The game consists of seventy cards, which have a keyword and a picture on one side and a hypothetical situation typically encountered in software development landscapes with two different selectable options on the other side. The game master (GM) reads a situation by showing the pictures to participants and elicits the most suitable answer in between two selections. Ultimately, the outcome of the game reveals the personality traits of individuals on a compatible scale with the MBTI. To evaluate our game-based personality identification method, we conduct a case study with sixteen individuals at a university environment in seven group sessions. In light of the experience gained, secondly we refine the questions and test the game on sixty software development personnel selected from a set of team based pairings at a middle size software company. Our preliminary results indicate that there are more individuals in software teams, who may perceive to be extroverted not only in a classroom environment but also in an industrial setting. Moreover, the initial results suggest that our method can be a viable to the classical paper based MBTI tests particularly for managing the workforce in software development projects.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Type:Conference
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Software Engineers; Personality Traits; Behaviour
Subjects:Computer Science > Computer software
Computer Science > Software engineering
DCU Faculties and Centres:Research Initiatives and Centres > Lero: The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre
DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Computing
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:17610
Deposited On:05 Dec 2012 11:16 by Prof. Rory O'Connor . Last Modified 18 Oct 2018 11:01

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