Experiments in Replicating Science

The perceived effects of group developmental psychology training on agile software development teams

Lucas Gren, Alfredo Goldman, Christian Jacobsson
Published: Nov. 20, 2019
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Abstract

Research has shown that the maturity of small workgroups from a psychological perspective is intimately connected to team agility. We, therefore, tested if agile team members appreciated group development psychology training. Our results show that the participating teams seem to have a very positive view of group development training and state that they now have a new way of thinking about teamwork and new tools to deal with team-related problems. We, therefore, see huge potential in training agile teams in group development psychology since the positive effects might span over the entire software development organization.