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Study of a Software Development Team's Adaptations to Remote Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Agile Methods (WBMA 2021)

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The social distancing practices adopted to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic led many companies to migrate to remote work in a compulsory and unplanned way. This sudden transition to working from home has caused profound changes in personal and professional relationships. In this paper, we present the results of a qualitative observational study about the adaptations made in the software process activities of a software development coordinator of a Brazilian university. These adaptations aimed to support the transition to remote work during the pandemic, without letting the organization lose its essence in adopting agile practices. These adaptations were analyzed based on the technical aspects (hard skills) and behavioral aspects (soft skills) of the employees of the researched organization.

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  1. Federal University of Pará, Belém, Brazil

    Diego A. S. Lisbôa, Thayssa A. da Rocha, Letícia S. Machado, Clara M. Caldeira & Cleidson R. B. de Souza

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Correspondence to Diego A. S. Lisbôa , Thayssa A. da Rocha , Letícia S. Machado , Clara M. Caldeira or Cleidson R. B. de Souza .

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  1. Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil

    Carla Rocha

  2. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

    Celio Santana Júnior

  3. Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, São José dos Campos, Brazil

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  4. Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São José dos Campos, Brazil

    Tiago Silva da Silva

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Lisbôa, D.A.S., da Rocha, T.A., Machado, L.S., Caldeira, C.M., de Souza, C.R.B. (2023). Study of a Software Development Team's Adaptations to Remote Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic. In: Rocha, C., Santana Júnior, C., De Sá, F., Silva da Silva, T. (eds) Agile Methods. WBMA 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1642. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25648-6_8

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