Abstract
The article presents a controlled experiment in which the convenience of using the Belbin Role Theory for the integration of work teams, in the tasks of software requirements process, is explored. The study is developed in an academic environment with students of the Software Engineering degree and analyzes the differences between the quality of the software requirements specification document generated by integrated teams with compatible roles (Belbin Teams: BT, according to the Belbin Theory) with the Traditional Teams (TT), in our case, teams integrated with students selected at random. The results of the study provide evidence that the quality of the ERS documents generated by the Belbin Teams is significantly better than that generated by the traditional equipment.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Abran, A., Moore, J.W., Bourque, P., Dupuis, R., Tripp, L. (eds.): Guide to the software engineering body of knowledge – 2004 Version. IEEE Computer Society (2004)
Bourque, P., Fairley, R. (eds.): Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK V3.0). IEEE Computer Society, Washington, D.C. (2014)
Mumma, F.S.: Team-work & team-roles: what makes your team tick? King of Prusia. HRDQ, PA (2005)
Margerison, C.J., McCann, D.J.: Team management profiles: their use in managerial development. J. Manag. Dev. 4(2), 34–37 (1985)
Belbin, M.: Management Teams. Wiley, New York (1981)
Senior, B.: Team roles and Team performance: is there ‘really’ a link? J. Occup. Organ. Psychol. 70, 85–94 (1997)
Belbin, M.: Team roles at Work. Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford (1993)
Pollock, M.: Investigating the relationship between team role diversity and team performance in information systems teams. J. Inf. Technol. Manag. 20(1), 42–55 (2009)
Aguilar, R.: Una Estrategia Asistida por Entornos Virtuales Inteligentes. Doctoral thesis. Polytechnic University of Madrid (2008)
Estrada, E., Peña, A.: Influencia de los roles de equipo en las actividades del desarrollador de software. Revista Electrónica de Computación, Informática, Biomédica y Electrónica 2(1), 1–19 (2013)
Aguileta, A., Ucán, J., Aguilar, R.: Explorando la influencia de los roles de Belbin en la calidad del código generado por estudiantes en un curso de ingeniería de software. Revista Educación en Ingeniería 12(23), 93–100 (2017)
Aguilar, R., Díaz, J., Ucán, J.: Influencia de la Teoría de Roles de Belbin en la Medición de Software: Un estudio exploratorio. Revista Ibérica de Sistemas y Tecnologías de la Información 31, 50–65 (2019)
IEEE Computer Society Software Engineering Standards Committee: IEEE Recommended Practice for Software Requirements Specifications. IEEE Std 830-1998 (1998)
Aguilar, R., Oktaba, H., Juarez, R., Aguilar, J., Férnandez, C., Rodriguez, O., Ucán, J.: Ingeniería de Software. In: En Pineda, L. (ed.) La computación en México por especialidades académicas. Academia Mexicana de Computación, Capítulo V (2017)
Yousuf, M., Asger, M.: Comparison of various requirements elicitation techniques. Int. J. Comput. Appl. 116(4) (2015)
Kitchenham, B., Pfleeger, S.: Software quality: the elusive target. IEEE Softw. 13(1), 12–21 (1996)
Gómez, O., Juristo, N., Vegas, S.: Understanding replication of experiments in software engineering: A classification. Inf. Softw. Technol. 56(8), 1033–1048 (2014)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2020 Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this paper
Cite this paper
Aguilar Vera, R.A., Díaz Mendoza, J.C., Muñoz-Mata, M.A., Ucán Pech, J.P. (2020). Influence of Belbin’s Roles in the Quality of the Software Requirements Specification Development by Student Teams. In: Mejia, J., Muñoz, M., Rocha, Á., A. Calvo-Manzano, J. (eds) Trends and Applications in Software Engineering. CIMPS 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1071. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33547-2_8
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33547-2_8
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-33546-5
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-33547-2
eBook Packages: Intelligent Technologies and RoboticsIntelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)