Uma investigação sobre como profissionais que adotam metodologias ágeis pagam itens de dívida técnica em projetos de software

Abstract

Researchesinvolving the concept of technical debt (TD), although in clear growth since the last decade, still present opportunities for deepening aspects such as payment practices for debt items and reasons for non-payment of these. Similarly, the adoption of agile methodologies in software projects has shown significant growth. This tendency, allied to the delivery-oriented characteristic of agile methodologies, evidences a propitious scenario for the appearance of DT items in projects that adopt these methodologies. In this context, this work aims to identify, from the point of view of professionals in the area, the aforementioned practices and reasons associated with agile software projects, identifying how agile teams react to the presence of DT and proposing an artefact of support for the management of debt items. To carry out this study, qualitative and quantitative guidance was provided on the responses of professionals involved in agile software projects, collected through the InsightTD project, a family of globally distributed surveys that investigate the causes, effects and management of technical debt in software projects. Data from replications carried out in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, United States and Serbia were considered. With these data and their subsequent analysis, it was possible to conclude that DT's payment activity in agile software projects is still far from an ideal adoption and maturity scenario. In addition, the set of practices and MNPs, and the proposed DT visualization boards can support software industry professionals sharing their experiences with paying DT in their projects.