Socio-technical resilience in software development (STRIDE)

Lead Research Organisation: University of Manchester
Department Name: Computer Science

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Publications

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Title STRIDE - Caroline Jay 
Description Lightning talk slide describing the results of a study examining how research software engineers working conditions have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. 
Type Of Art Film/Video/Animation 
Year Produced 2021 
URL https://ssi-cw.figshare.com/articles/presentation/STRIDE_-_Caroline_Jay/14331242
 
Title STRIDE - Caroline Jay 
Description Lightning talk slide describing the results of a study examining how research software engineers working conditions have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. 
Type Of Art Film/Video/Animation 
Year Produced 2021 
URL https://ssi-cw.figshare.com/articles/presentation/STRIDE_-_Caroline_Jay/14331242/1
 
Title STRIDE CW 2022.pdf 
Description Preliminary results from the STRIDE project survey on RSE identity and resilience. 
Type Of Art Film/Video/Animation 
Year Produced 2022 
URL https://ssi-cw.figshare.com/articles/presentation/STRIDE_CW_2022_pdf/19447457/1
 
Title STRIDE CW 2022.pdf 
Description Preliminary results from the STRIDE project survey on RSE identity and resilience. 
Type Of Art Film/Video/Animation 
Year Produced 2022 
URL https://ssi-cw.figshare.com/articles/presentation/STRIDE_CW_2022_pdf/19447457
 
Description We undertook a survey examining the effects of lockdown on people working as research software engineers during lockdown, and found that social isolation and overwork were major issues.
Exploitation Route They contribute to an understanding of lockdown on the population of the UK.
Sectors Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software)

URL https://stride.org.uk
 
Title STRIDE Research Software Engineering COVID-19 interview study dataset and materials. 
Description This dataset contains results from an interview study deployed between April and June 2020 to understand the changing situation in research software engineering work environments as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study took place over an eight-week period, during which 17 self-identified research software engineers (RSEs) recorded their thoughts about the impact of the pandemic on their work and lifestyles. Each weekly entry included a series of questions based on the agile software engineering retrospective, a technique used within agile teams to look back on previous work. The first week followed a basic retrospective format, asking participants to assess what went well and didn't go well, and to identify areas that could be improved going forward. To encourage ongoing participation, questions in subsequent weeks were adapted from creative retrospective plans designed by agile practitioners. An invitation to take part was issued via various international RSE social media channels in two batches, resulting in 11 participants starting in the week commencing on the 6th of April, and six starting in the week of the 20th of April. In total, 17 participants responded to the invitation; 15 agreed to participate after the first week. Participants were sent an email each week inviting them to complete a diary entry for a total of eight weeks; data were collected through a survey deployed via JISC's Online Surveys.The consent form and a pdf of the first week of questions are included in the materials to provide an example of how the survey was administered. The entry week and questions are reported in full in columns A and B in the spreadsheet accordingly. To avoid identification of individuals, demographic information and some contextual information has been redacted. Redactions are indicated by *** in the response.The study was conducted as part of the STRIDE project: https://stride.org.uk. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/STRIDE_Research_Software_Engineering_COVID-19_int...