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Software Development Process and Covid-19 in SME
| International Journal of Computer Applications |
| Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
| Volume 183 - Number 38 |
| Year of Publication: 2021 |
| Authors: Tomaž Kokot, Matej Mertik |
10.5120/ijca2021921777
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Tomaž Kokot, Matej Mertik . Software Development Process and Covid-19 in SME. International Journal of Computer Applications. 183, 38 ( Nov 2021), 8-12. DOI=10.5120/ijca2021921777
Abstract
During 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted labor markets globally. It came suddenly and unexpectedly and caused a major shift in the work environment. Employees who normally worked in the office until they were forced to do their work from home. In this paper we have studied how working from home in COVID-19 affects the software development process based on study in Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) in software development with 30 employed software engineers. The advantages of doing work from home and the challenges that these employees most often faced were collected and analyzed based on survey questionary and analysis. Following, the results and interpretation are shown, where we show a way to better understanding how to adapt and upgrade the work process in software engineering based on lessons learned and experiences gained in lock down period. We show an insight to better understanding of working from home characteristics, what we face in such work and whether it is an appropriate approach to develop a new working methodology in post pandemic economy.
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