Framework to analyze the relationship between agile software engineers’ emotions and their productivity

Nowadays, software development companies use agile methodologies, which, unlike others methodologies, emphasize the software engineers’ interactions and their well-being rather than on rigid software development processes. Therefore, software engineers’ emotions should be considered. Software engineer’s emotions influence processes such as problem understanding and teamwork, processes associated with their productivity. Therefore, it is necessary to pay particular importance to the emotional and job well-being of software engineers. This article presents a preliminary framework to determine the relationship between software engineer’s productivity, their emotions, and their possible causes. Thus, actions could be suggested to help in regulating or improving software engineers’ emotions to increase their productivity or keep it at a desired level.