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Positive Affects Inducer on Software Quality

This paper presents an early empirical study on an agile methodology (Extreme Programming) using Positive Affect metric.The question of interest is whether an agile methodology has any distinct outcome on the positive affectivity of the software developers.And whether these affects will contribute t...

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Main Authors: Syed-Abdullah, Sharifah Lailee, Omar, Mazni, Abdul Hamid, Mohd Nasir, Ismail, Che Latifah, Jusoff, Kamaruzaman
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Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2009
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QA76 Computer software
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spelling my.uum.repo.233542018-02-15T01:27:14Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/23354/ Positive Affects Inducer on Software Quality Syed-Abdullah, Sharifah Lailee Omar, Mazni Abdul Hamid, Mohd Nasir Ismail, Che Latifah Jusoff, Kamaruzaman QA76 Computer software This paper presents an early empirical study on an agile methodology (Extreme Programming) using Positive Affect metric.The question of interest is whether an agile methodology has any distinct outcome on the positive affectivity of the software developers.And whether these affects will contribute to the quality of software produced. Quantitative methods were utilized, including participative observation and simple statistical tests such as Spearman Correlation and Mann-Whitney test. The results showed that Extreme Programming has positive affectivity which leads to the increase in software quality.This study suggests that when people experience joy and mild contentment, they are more likely to be more creative over wider range of problems, become more resilient over time and are more likely to develop long-term plans and goals. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/23354/1/CIS%202%203%202009%2064%2070.pdf Syed-Abdullah, Sharifah Lailee and Omar, Mazni and Abdul Hamid, Mohd Nasir and Ismail, Che Latifah and Jusoff, Kamaruzaman (2009) Positive Affects Inducer on Software Quality. Computer and Information Science, 2 (3). ISSN 1913-8989 http://doi.org/10.5539/cis.v2n3p64 doi:10.5539/cis.v2n3p64
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Syed-Abdullah, Sharifah Lailee
Omar, Mazni
Abdul Hamid, Mohd Nasir
Ismail, Che Latifah
Jusoff, Kamaruzaman
Positive Affects Inducer on Software Quality
description This paper presents an early empirical study on an agile methodology (Extreme Programming) using Positive Affect metric.The question of interest is whether an agile methodology has any distinct outcome on the positive affectivity of the software developers.And whether these affects will contribute to the quality of software produced. Quantitative methods were utilized, including participative observation and simple statistical tests such as Spearman Correlation and Mann-Whitney test. The results showed that Extreme Programming has positive affectivity which leads to the increase in software quality.This study suggests that when people experience joy and mild contentment, they are more likely to be more creative over wider range of problems, become more resilient over time and are more likely to develop long-term plans and goals.
format Article
author Syed-Abdullah, Sharifah Lailee
Omar, Mazni
Abdul Hamid, Mohd Nasir
Ismail, Che Latifah
Jusoff, Kamaruzaman
author_facet Syed-Abdullah, Sharifah Lailee
Omar, Mazni
Abdul Hamid, Mohd Nasir
Ismail, Che Latifah
Jusoff, Kamaruzaman
author_sort Syed-Abdullah, Sharifah Lailee
title Positive Affects Inducer on Software Quality
title_short Positive Affects Inducer on Software Quality
title_full Positive Affects Inducer on Software Quality
title_fullStr Positive Affects Inducer on Software Quality
title_full_unstemmed Positive Affects Inducer on Software Quality
title_sort positive affects inducer on software quality
publisher Canadian Center of Science and Education
publishDate 2009
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/23354/1/CIS%202%203%202009%2064%2070.pdf
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http://doi.org/10.5539/cis.v2n3p64
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