Authors : Vian Abdulmajeed Ahmed, Mazida Ahmad, Mazni Omar and Bikhtiyar Hasan Abdulrahman
Abstract: Software development depends, to a large extent on good team work and level of cooperation among software team members. As a creative technical process, software development requires interaction among human experts in form of a team. Thus, it is imperative to know the factors that are capable of influencing teamwork performance. Among such factors are coordination of expertise, cohesion, communication, mutual support, value diversity, trust and socialization Team Work Quality (TWQ) Model. This study proposes a conceptual framework of TWQ Model which focuses on examining the team work quality criteria within software development teams that have significant influence on the performance of the team. This study uses questionnaire to investigate the impacts of the above factors on team performance. The respondents are software developers from telecommunication industry in Iraq and Kurdistan Region Government (KRG). The analysis of the data will be conducted with the use Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to examine relationship significance of the identified factors on software development team performance. The proposed framework will be helpful for analyzing the relationship between teamwork quality factors and team performance. It is also, expected the model is considered useful to gain a deeper understanding on factors that influence teamwork performance and also validate the implemented extension of team work model in consistence with earlier work in order to improve positively team performance.
Vian Abdulmajeed Ahmed, Mazida Ahmad, Mazni Omar and Bikhtiyar Hasan Abdulrahman, 2017. The Influence of Team Quality Criteria on Team Performance: A Conceptual Model. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 12: 7981-7985.