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Doctoral Thesis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/T.45.2022.tde-28062022-132626
Document
Author
Full name
Leonardo Alexandre Ferreira Leite
E-mail
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2022
Supervisor
Committee
Kon, Fabio (President)
Fernández, Jessica Diáz
França, Breno Bernard Nicolau de
Seaman, Carolyn
Travassos, Guilherme Horta
Title in English
A grounded theory of organizational structures for development and infrastructure professionals in software-producing organizations
Keywords in English
Continuous delivery
DevOps
Grounded Theory
Organizational structures
Software engineering
Software teams
Abstract in English
DevOps and continuous delivery have greatly impacted the organizational structures of development and infrastructure groups in software-producing organizations. Our research aims at revealing the different options adopted by the software industry to organize such groups, understanding why different organizations adopt distinct structures, and discovering how organizations handle the drawbacks of each structure. By interviewing 68 carefully-selected, skilled IT professionals and analyzing these conversations through a Grounded Theory process, we identified conditions, causes, reasons to avoid, consequences, and contingencies related to each discovered structure (segregated departments, collaborating departments, API-mediated departments, and single department). We, then, offer a theory to explain organizational structures for development and infrastructure professionals. This theory can support practitioners and researchers in comprehending and discussing the DevOps phenomenon and its related issues; it also provides valuable input to practitioners decision-making.
Title in Portuguese
Uma teoria fundamentada sobre estruturas organizacionais para profissionais de desenvolvimento e de infraestrutura em organizações produtoras de software
Keywords in Portuguese
DevOps
Engenharia de software
Entrega contínua
Estruturas organizacionais
Teoria Fundamentada
Times de software
Abstract in Portuguese
DevOps e entrega contínua têm impactado as estruturas organizacionais dos grupos de desenvolvimento e infraestrutura em organizações produtoras de software. Nossa pesquisa visa revelar as diferentes opções adotadas pela indústria de software para organizar tais grupos, entender por que diferentes organizações adotam estruturas distintas e descobrir como as organizações lidam com as desvantagens de cada estrutura. Ao entrevistar 68 qualificados profissionais de TI, cuidadosamente selecionados, e analisar essas conversas por meio de um processo de Teoria Fundamentada (Grounded Theory), identificamos condições, causas, razões para evitar, consequências e contingências relacionadas a cada estrutura descoberta (departamentos segregados, departamentos colaborativos, departamentos mediados por API e departamento único). Esta tese, então, propõe uma teoria para explicar estruturas organizacionais para profissionais de desenvolvimento e infraestrutura. Essa teoria pode apoiar profissionais e pesquisadores na compreensão e discussão do fenômeno DevOps e seus problemas relacionados, e também fornece informações valiosas para a tomada de decisões dos profissionais.
 
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Publishing Date
2022-06-28
 
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