Investigação sobre o uso de teletrabalho no contexto de metodologias ágeis.

Abstract

Remote working is a special working method, used in Brazil and in the world for many years, in which the teleworker develops his activities remotely, outside the traditional workspace. Few researches and case studies on the teleworking experience in software development environments that use agile methodologies can be found in the literature. This work aims to investigate the impact of teleworking in software development projects that use agile methods in the perception of teleworkers, managers and tele-managers and indicate practical recommendations that guide the adoption of this method. A case study involving two software development projects was carried out in order to investigate the impact of the introduction of teleworking on the quality and productivity of real projects. A qualitative research was also developed, and its results were important to generate the guidelines for implementing teleworking in software development projects. The results of this work show that, according to the perception of the managers and developers, the productivity of the team increased and the quality of the code was not affected. It is also important to pay attention to communication, using audio and video tools that minimize the response time of the interactions between the team. Furthermore, recommendations and practical guidelines were presented to guide the implementation phase of teleworking in software development projects using agile methodologies.