Faktors determining team efficiency for new product development teams

New product development teams and their efficiency...

DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2012.00940.x

In this article the authors explore a number of empirical studies which map factors which are important for teams to be efficient. This nice mapping is a good entry point for team leaders to understand what kind of potential they can expect from their teams and to read upon how to inspire that potential. 

Very interesting article, but beware that it is not only about software development.

How reliable are secondary studies...

Reliability of systematic mappings...
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Reading analyses done by others is very fruitful as it saves time and resources. However one usually asks oneself the question how reliable the analyses are. In this paper the authors analyze two very similar studies and identify that similar studies have biases and can come to different results.

The paper is interesting for those of us who read systematic reviews and mappings (guilty as charged, sic!)

@MiroslawStaron