An industrial case study to improve the onboaring process in software management

Abstract

In this study, we investigate expert information about software process known to experienced software developers and study how this is to be transferred to the newly recruited software developers. By this means, the developers who are recruited to a software project should understand better the software development organization and especially its social structure more effectively. Through this work, along with structural and algorithmic improvements of the software product, problems related to adaptation to team culture, adaptation to company culture, and adaptation to software development tools used are also investigated. This study aims to find the requirements in the market so that the recruitment processes can be explored using serious game mechanics. With the help of an industrial case study, we question the applicability a serious game for recruitment in the industry by improving the on-boarding process which has been identified as a problem for many software companies.