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Determination Of Personality Types in Software Industry by Using an Expert System: A Pilot Study

Year 2022, Volume: 6 Issue: 2, 149 - 161, 31.12.2022
https://doi.org/10.33461/uybisbbd.1214494

Abstract

The personalities of the group members working on a software development project affect the success of the work result, depending on the suitability of the team members for their roles. Therefore, it is important to determine the roles of team members in software projects according to their personality differences. This study proposes an innovative and creative expert system for determining the appropriate roles of software engineers in software projects and talent management in the software industry. The most obvious aspect of the proposed system is that it consists of questions that do not evoke the feeling of personality analysis for those who take the test. The questions are designed to be relevant to the tasks and natural behaviors of the software engineers in their projects. Software engineers often do not believe in psychometric tests and try to manipulate them. Furthermore, the number of questions in these tests is quite large, so they can get bored. The proposed test was compared with the results of the Jung-Based Software Talent Management (JBSTM) and the Keirsey Temperament Sorter test. These two tests were applied to 20 software industry employees in a single session in a random order. A comparison questionnaire was completed after the tests. A moderate correlation between JBSTM and the Keirsey test appeared in E / I, T / F and J / P. The JBTSM and Keirsey test results were also compared in terms of test completion times. Using the results of the comparison questionnaire, the JBTSM and Keirsey test were also compared in terms of easiness, suitability, comfort and usefulness, and it was found that the JBTSM received higher scores compared to the Keirsey test in all four respects.

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  • Kaluzniacky, E. (2004). Managing psychological factors in information systems work: An orientation to emotional intelligence. IGI Global.
  • Keirsey, D., & Bates, M. M. (1984). Please understand me: Character & temperament types (p. 210). Del Mar, CA: Prometheus Nemesis Book Company.
  • Kosti, M. V., Feldt, R., & Angelis, L. (2014). Personality, emotional intelligence and work preferences in software engineering: An empirical study. Information and Software Technology, 56(8), 973-990.
  • Martínez, L. G., Licea, G., Rodríguez-Díaz, A., & Castro, J. R. (2010, June). Experiences in software engineering courses using psychometrics with RAMSET. In Proceedings of the fifteenth annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education (pp. 244-248).
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  • Rutherfoord, R. H. (2001). Using personality inventories to help form teams for software engineering class projects. ACM Sigcse Bulletin, 33(3), 73-76.
  • Turley, R. T., & Bieman, J. M. (1995). Competencies of exceptional and nonexceptional software engineers. Journal of Systems and Software, 28(1), 19-38.
  • White, K. B. (1984). A preliminary investigation of information systems team structures. Information & Management, 7(6), 331-335.
  • Yilmaz, M., O’Connor, R. V., Colomo-Palacios, R., & Clarke, P. (2017). An examination of personality traits and how they impact on software development teams. Information and Software Technology, 86, 101-122.

Yazılım Sektöründe Kişilik Tiplerinin Bir Uzman Sistem Kullanılarak Belirlenmesi: Pilot Çalışma

Year 2022, Volume: 6 Issue: 2, 149 - 161, 31.12.2022
https://doi.org/10.33461/uybisbbd.1214494

Abstract

Bir yazılım geliştirme projesi üzerinde çalışan grup üyelerinin kişilikleri, ekip üyelerinin rollerine uygun olmasına bağlı olarak, çalışma sonucunun başarısını etkiler. Bu nedenle, ekip üyelerinin yazılım projelerindeki rollerini kişilik farklılıklarına göre belirlemek önemlidir. Bu çalışma, yazılım projelerinde yazılım mühendislerinin uygun rollerini belirlemek ve yazılım sektöründeki yetenek yönetimi için, yenilikçi ve yaratıcı bir uzman sistem önermektedir. Önerilen sisteminin en belirgin yönü, teste girenler için kişilik analizi hissini uyandırmayan sorulardan oluşmasıdır. Sorular, yazılımcıların projelerindeki görev ve doğal davranışlarıyla alakalı olacak şekilde tasarlanmıştır. Yazılım mühendisleri genellikle psikometrik testlere inanmazlar ve bunları manipüle etmeye çalışırlar. Ek olarak, bu testlerdeki soru sayısı oldukça fazla olduğundan sıkılabilmektedirler. Önerilen test, Jung Tabanlı Yazılım Yetenek Yönetimi (JBSTM) ve Keirsey Mizaç Sıralayıcı testinin sonuçları ile karşılaştırılmıştır. Bu iki test, 20 yazılım sektörü çalışanına rastgele bir sıra ile tek bir oturumda uygulanmıştır. Testlerden sonra da bir karşılaştırma anketi doldurtulmuştur. E / I, T / F ve J / P'de JBSTM ve Keirsey testi arasında orta derecede bir korelasyon ortaya çıkmıştır. JBTSM ve Keirsey test sonuçları test tamamlanma süreleri açısından da karşılaştırılmıştır. Karşılaştırma anketinin sonuçları kullanılarak JBTSM ve Keirsey testi kolaylık, uygunluk, rahatlık ve kullanışlılık açısından da karşılaştırılmış ve JBTSM’in dört açıdan da Keirsey testine kıyasla daha yüksek puanlar aldığı görülmüştür.

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  • Ahmed, F., Capretz, L. F., & Campbell, P. (2012). Evaluating the demand for soft skills in software development. It Professional, 14(1), 44-49.
  • Alpar, C. (2018). Spor Sağlık Ve Eğitim Bilimlerinden Örneklerle Uygulamalı İstatistik Ve Geçerlik Güvenirlik. 5.baskı, Detay Yayımcılık.
  • Baron, R. (1998). What type am I?: Discover who you really are. Penguin
  • Bush, C. M., & Schkade, L. L. (1985). In search of the perfect programmer. Datamation, 31(6), 128-132.
  • Capretz, L. F. (2012, February). Software development and personality traits. In Tenth International Conference on Computer Applications (pp. 1-8).
  • Capretz, L. F., & Ahmed, F. (2010). Making sense of software development and personality types. IT professional, 12(1), 6-13.
  • Capretz, L. F., Ahmed, F. (2010a). Making sense of software development and personality types. IT professional, 12(1), 6-13.
  • Capretz, L. F., Ahmed, F. (2010b). Why do we need personality diversity in software engineering?. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes,35(2), 1-11.
  • Capretz, L. F., Varona, D., & Raza, A. (2015). Influence of personality types in software tasks choices. Computers in Human behavior, 52, 373-378.
  • Cruz, S., da Silva, F. Q., & Capretz, L. F. (2015). Forty years of research on personality in software engineering: A mapping study. Computers in Human Behavior, 46, 94-113.
  • Feldt, R., Angelis, L., Torkar, R., & Samuelsson, M. (2010). Links between the personalities, views and attitudes of software engineers. Information and Software Technology, 52(6), 611-624.
  • Fordham, F., & Yalçıner, A. (2001). Jung psikolojisinin ana hatları.Say.
  • Gorla, N., & Lam, Y. W. (2004). Who should work with whom? Building effective software project teams. Communications of the ACM, 47(6), 79-82.
  • Jung, C. G. (1921). 1971. Psychological types. Collected Works of CG Jung, 6.
  • Kaluzniacky, E. (2004). Managing psychological factors in information systems work: An orientation to emotional intelligence. IGI Global.
  • Keirsey, D., & Bates, M. M. (1984). Please understand me: Character & temperament types (p. 210). Del Mar, CA: Prometheus Nemesis Book Company.
  • Kosti, M. V., Feldt, R., & Angelis, L. (2014). Personality, emotional intelligence and work preferences in software engineering: An empirical study. Information and Software Technology, 56(8), 973-990.
  • Martínez, L. G., Licea, G., Rodríguez-Díaz, A., & Castro, J. R. (2010, June). Experiences in software engineering courses using psychometrics with RAMSET. In Proceedings of the fifteenth annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education (pp. 244-248).
  • McCrae, R. R., & John, O. P. (1992). An introduction to the five‐factor model and its applications. Journal of personality, 60(2), 175-215.
  • Myers, I. B., & Myers, P. B. (2010). Gifts differing: Understanding personality type. Nicholas Brealey.
  • Omar, M., Katuk, N., Syed Abdullah, S. L., Hashim, N. L., & Romli, R. (2015). Assessing personality types preferences amongst software developers: a case of Malaysia. ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 10(3), 1499-1504.
  • Rutherfoord, R. H. (2001). Using personality inventories to help form teams for software engineering class projects. ACM Sigcse Bulletin, 33(3), 73-76.
  • Turley, R. T., & Bieman, J. M. (1995). Competencies of exceptional and nonexceptional software engineers. Journal of Systems and Software, 28(1), 19-38.
  • White, K. B. (1984). A preliminary investigation of information systems team structures. Information & Management, 7(6), 331-335.
  • Yilmaz, M., O’Connor, R. V., Colomo-Palacios, R., & Clarke, P. (2017). An examination of personality traits and how they impact on software development teams. Information and Software Technology, 86, 101-122.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Artificial Intelligence
Journal Section Articles
Authors

Emine Kuruoğlu 0000-0002-2716-4932

Çağla Özen

Mustafa Ersel Kamaşak

Publication Date December 31, 2022
Published in Issue Year 2022 Volume: 6 Issue: 2

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APA Kuruoğlu, E., Özen, Ç., & Kamaşak, M. E. (2022). Determination Of Personality Types in Software Industry by Using an Expert System: A Pilot Study. International Journal of Management Information Systems and Computer Science, 6(2), 149-161. https://doi.org/10.33461/uybisbbd.1214494