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The Theory of Affordances considers the interaction between the people and their environment based on their mental models of the environment. This study analyses a software development process on the theory of affordances. The LC2EVO software has been developed in Italy. There were two onsite team groups located five kilometers apart in separate buildings who were using the agile framework in their development. The product was delivered successfully under this framework. Team members in the case study were allowed inside of their environment to arrange their workspaces. By utilizing the works of Gibson and Norman on affordances, we found that arrangement of the workspace broadly met with both ideas of affordances. The examined case study demonstrates that a collaborative process on the design of a work space inside of an agile methodology increases opportunities for collaboration and communication among team members. The design of the work space affect the application of the agile methodology. Worker’s affordances with the environment, both through their perception and interaction is fundamental to consider for the optimal and productive environment setup.
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Aslam, H., Brown, J.A., Messina, A. (2020). Affordance Theory Applied to Agile Development: A Case Study of LC2EVO. In: Ciancarini, P., Mazzara, M., Messina, A., Sillitti, A., Succi, G. (eds) Proceedings of 6th International Conference in Software Engineering for Defence Applications. SEDA 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 925. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14687-0_3
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