The perceived effects of group developmental psychology training on agile software development teams
This addresses team effectiveness in software development, but it is incremental as it applies existing psychological concepts to a specific domain.
The study investigated whether agile software development teams valued group developmental psychology training, finding that participants had a very positive view and reported new ways of thinking and tools for teamwork.
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.