Proposal for identifying teamwork roles in software engineering through the construction of a virtual rube goldberg machine

Abstract

One of the most important factors in teamwork is the integration of the people who compose it because is strongly linked to the level of cohesion and team performance. Therefore the activities to integrate it are very important because they allow building and strengthening both the personal and professional relationships among the team members. Nowadays there is a great variety of activities to carry out the integration of a team that aims to improve communication coordination and teamwork. These activities are a very important support for improving the teamwork regardless the area where the team carries out its activities. In this context this paper presents a proposal to carry out the identification of teamwork roles for a software development team based on building a Rube Goldberg machine and the activities carried out in TSPi methodology toward the integration of a team.