Exploring and Analyzing Insights for Software Process Improvement

Abstract

The goal of this research project was to apply the ideas from Gregory Bateson’s book “Steps To An Ecology Of Mind” to the software development process. In our work, we focused on three fundamental aspects: a) the process to follow, b) the product being built, c) the structure of the team and its organization. While reading the book, we identified the general concepts of the human brain work and drew parallels between the situations described in the book and the conditions that people face during software development. We conducted an anonymous survey among software developers and made sure that many selected ideas could be used to improve the software development process.