Interactive and collaborative behaviour of software product‐development teams
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to describe a study of interactive and collaborative behaviours of software product development teams across horizontal, geographical and value chain boundaries. The objective is to understand the influence of boundary on these behaviours.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper is a questionnaire‐based study of 63 software product‐development teams.
Findings
The study shows, that interactive behaviour is used more by teams as compared to collaborative behaviour while developing software products. The interactive behaviour is not influenced by the boundary crossed, while collaborative behaviour is influenced by the boundaries crossed.
Originality/value
The study is relevant for practitioners and researchers. Collaboration is considered important for product development, but the study shows that it is not used extensively. Researchers can look into why low level of collaborative behaviour has been exhibited.
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Citation
Reghunath Pushpa, R. and Mathew, M. (2010), "Interactive and collaborative behaviour of software product‐development teams", Team Performance Management, Vol. 16 No. 7/8, pp. 434-450. https://doi.org/10.1108/13527591011090673
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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