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A Software System Development Team is a system development team that produces software-based systems.
- AKA: Software Engineering Team, Development Team, Programming Team, Software Team, Software Development Team.
- Context:
- It can (typically) perform software development tasks.
- It can (typically) be composed of software engineers, including experienced software engineers and lead software engineers.
- It can (typically) include software technical leads and software senior developers.
- It can (typically) incorporate software junior developers and software interns.
- It can (typically) adopt software DevOps practices to integrate software development and software operations.
- It can (typically) implement software platform engineering approaches to standardize software development environments.
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- It can (often) be managed by a software engineering manager.
- It can (often) be guided by a software technical architect.
- It can (often) be supported by a software scrum master.
- It can (often) maintain software reliability engineering practices to ensure software system stability.
- It can (often) utilize software containerization technology for software deployment consistency.
- It can (often) practice software infrastructure as code for software environment repeatability.
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- It can foster software team diversity to enhance software team innovation.
- It can establish software team psychological safety to promote software team collaboration.
- It can implement software knowledge sharing practices to distribute software team expertise.
- It can adapt remote software team practices for distributed software development.
- It can develop software engineering team culture to support software delivery excellence.
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- It can be a member of a software development group.
- It can be part of a technology department.
- It can be organized into a software development division.
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- It can work on software development projects.
- It can implement software codebase strategys.
- It can adopt software code branching strategys.
- It can establish software developer onboarding processes.
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- It can be measured by software development team measures.
- It can track software team velocity through software sprint performance.
- It can monitor software code quality metrics through software automated analysis.
- It can assess software team health indicators through software performance reviews.
- It can evaluate software delivery performance through software deployment frequency.
- It can measure software team efficiency through software development team productivity metrics.
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- It can range from being a Back-End Software System Development Team to being a Front-End Software System Development Team, depending on its software technical focus.
- It can range from being a Custom-Development Software System Development Team to being a Software System Integration Team, depending on its software project type.
- It can range from being an Inspired Software System Development Team to being a Dispirited Software System Development Team, depending on its software team morale.
- It can range from being a Co-Located Software System Development Team to being a Distributed Software System Development Team, depending on its software work arrangement.
- It can range from being a Small Software System Development Team to being a Large Scale Software System Development Team, depending on its software team size.
- It can range from being a Traditional Software System Development Team to being a DevOps Software System Development Team, depending on its software development culture.
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- It can have a software developer onboarding process.
- It can maintain software team communication protocols.
- It can follow software development methodologys.
- It can implement software code review processes.
- It can practice software continuous integration methods.
- It can establish software delivery pipelines.
- It can automate software testing processes.
- It can manage software technical debt.
- It can perform software systems scaling processes.
- It can implement DevOps system implementations.
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- Examples:
- Software Development Methodology Teams, such as:
- Software Agile Development Teams, such as:
- Software Scrum Teams implementing software sprint-based development and software product backlogs.
- Software Kanban Teams practicing software flow-based development and software continuous delivery.
- Software Extreme Programming Teams focusing on software pair programming and software test driven development.
- Software Traditional Development Teams, such as:
- Software Waterfall Teams following software sequential processes.
- Software V-Model Teams implementing software verification stages.
- Software Agile Development Teams, such as:
- Software Team Size Categorys, such as:
- Small Software Development Teams, such as:
- Medium Software Development Teams, such as:
- Large Software Development Teams, such as:
- Software Technical Specialization Teams, such as:
- Software System Development Teams, such as:
- Machine Learning (ML)-based System Development Teams building software ml-based systems.
- Service Reliability Engineering (SRE) Teams maintaining software system reliability.
- Software Cloud Infrastructure Teams managing software cloud platforms.
- Chatbot System Development Teams creating software conversational interfaces.
- Software Application Development Teams, such as:
- Software System Development Teams, such as:
- Software Domain Focus Teams, such as:
- Software Enterprise Development Teams, such as:
- Software Product Development Teams, such as:
- Software Specialized Function Teams, such as:
- Software Infrastructure Teams, such as:
- Software Quality Engineering Teams, such as:
- Software AI Enhanced Teams, such as:
- Software AI Development Teams, such as:
- Software AI Integration Teams implementing software ai capabilitys.
- Software Machine Learning Teams developing software ml models.
- Software Data Science Teams analyzing software data patterns.
- AI System Development Teams building AI-based systems.
- Software AI Support Teams, such as:
- Software AI Development Teams, such as:
- Document Annotation Teams for software documentation management.
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- Software Development Methodology Teams, such as:
- Counter-Examples:
- Marketing Team, which focuses on market development rather than software development.
- Project Management Team, which coordinates project execution rather than software code development.
- Business Analysis Team, which analyzes business requirements rather than implementing software technical solutions.
- Quality Assurance Team, which validates software quality rather than creating software systems.
- Applied AI Research Team, which conducts ai research rather than building production software systems.
- See: Scrum Master, Software Engineering Team Culture, Programming Pair, Development Process, Team Collaboration, Software Project, Technical Leadership, Code Management, Development Practice, Team Dynamic, DevOps Culture, Software Team Diversity, Knowledge Worker, AI-Supported Software Development Center of Excellence (CoE).
References
2024-01-17
- Perplexity.ai
- Question: What is a Software Development Team structure? Explain its core roles, organization, and modern approaches. Include information about both traditional and AI-focused roles, different team structures, and best practices. Also describe the team evolution towards AI-enhanced development.
- Answer: A Software Development Team is a cross-functional group of professionals who collaborate to build software products and systems. In today's evolving landscape, these teams incorporate both traditional software development roles and emerging AI-focused positions.
- Core Team Structure:
- Traditional Roles:
- Product Manager/Owner defines product vision and priorities.
- Software Developers write code and implement features, including front-end, back-end, and full-stack developers.
- Technical Lead/Software Architect designs system architecture and provides technical guidance.
- Quality Assurance Engineers test software and ensure quality standards.
- UX/UI Designers create user interfaces and experiences.
- AI-Focused Roles:
- Data Scientists extract insights from complex datasets and improve ML models.
- AI Software Engineers implement AI models in production systems.
- AI Strategists coordinate with executives on AI infrastructure and talent.
- Traditional Roles:
- Team Sizes:
- Small Teams (4-5 members):
- Suited for simple projects with lower budgets.
- Medium Teams (6-9 members):
- Optimal for most product development.
- Enterprise Teams (10+ members):
- Required for complex, large-scale projects.
- Small Teams (4-5 members):
- Team Specializations:
- Generalist Teams:
- Members possess broad skillsets across multiple areas.
- Specialist Teams:
- Members focus on specific technical domains.
- Hybrid Teams:
- Combination of generalists and specialists for balanced expertise.
- Generalist Teams:
- Modern Development Approaches:
- Core Team Structure:
- Citations:
[1] https://alcor-bpo.com/10-key-roles-in-a-software-development-team-who-is-responsible-for-what/ [2] https://newxel.com/blog/roles-of-an-ai-team/ [3] https://www.softkraft.co/software-development-team-structure/ [4] https://sumatosoft.com/blog/software-development-team-structure [5] https://www.allata.com/insights/the-role-of-ai-in-enhancing-software-development-productivity-and-collaboration/
2015
- Brendan Murphy, ... Laurie Williams, in The Art and Science of Analyzing Software Data, 2015
- QUOTE: The challenges facing software engineering teams are complex and are evolving over time. Many teams aim to produce software more frequently without sacrificing quality. These teams may be considering changing their development processes to meet these new challenges. Teams creating products in such a changing and challenging environment can benefit from data to make decisions based on evidence rather than based on intuition. In many cases, software engineers have a tremendous amount of data, and sometimes, they are overloaded with it. However, the challenge is to determine what data is relevant, how it should be analyzed, and how the analysis should be interpreted to guide decision-making.
2006
- (Pieterse et al., 2006) ⇒ Vreda Pieterse, Derrick G. Kourie, and Inge P. Sonnekus. (2006). “Software Engineering Team Diversity and Performance.” In: Proceedings of the 2006 annual research conference of the South African institute of computer scientists and information technologists on IT research in developing countries, pp. 180-186.
- QUOTE: Reflection on software engineering as a sub-discipline within computer science reveals that it is as much about people and teamwork as it is about technical expertise. It is therefore important that a software engineer is not only competent in software development but also able to work effectively in a team. Based on the scholarly literature we derived a simple model for team composition and used it to guide, without coercion, our students during team formation. This research reports on an investigation into the role of personality diversity within teams of tertiary students taking a course in software engineering. Data collected confirms that both personality diversity in teams as well as competence of teams impacts positively on team performance. In contrast to other studies, our research data does not seek to couple personality with appropriate role allocation in the team; rather, our measurement is in respect of "raw" team diversity alone. In this study the correlation between personality diversity and the success of teams were captured at different stages during the development of a software engineering project tackled by the teams. The same was done with correlation between competence and team success. The personality diversity of the teams showed a strong correlation with team success during the inception phase. This correlation however weakened during the course of the year while the correlation between competence and success started slightly weaker than personality diversity during the inception phase, but grew very strong towards the completion of the team projects.
2005
- (Hogan & Thomas, 2005) ⇒ James M. Hogan, and Richard Thomas. (2005). “Developing the Software Engineering Team.” In: Proceedings of the 7th Australasian Conference on Computing Education.
- ABSTRACT: Teamwork is often considered one of the most important "generic skills" that we can provide to graduates entering the information technology profession. Often though, through the rush of covering important content, we short change our students by giving them limited opportunities to learn how to work effectively in teams. Students also often complain that although they are expected to work in teams on projects, they are never given any advice or guidance on how to work in a team (Hart and Stone, 2002). Or, if they are given guidance, it is often from a business perspective that students find difficult to integrate into their software development practice. In this paper we discuss a course-spanning initiative to help students learn teamwork skills. This initiative starts in first year by emphasising a core set of skills directly related to working in teams. These skills are applied in small software development teams, with close tutor supervision focusing students on teamwork rather than upon individual software development. The theme then continues into second and third year where the growing sophistication of the students' teamwork skills is complemented by increasing their independence and requiring students to apply a professional software engineering process as a development team. By the end of their course students are then in a position to work together effectively solving complex problems for a real industry client.