A QUALITATIVE RESEARCH ON SOFTWARE PROJECTS TEAM BUILDING

Recent research has shown that team building is a factor that can contribute significantly for software projects success or failure. This article presents the results of a qualitative research performed with Project Managers and software development teams, on the reality of the team formation in the industry and the importance of considering personal aspects to establish the teams and on the technical preparation of these managers with respect to the team building. The main result of this work is a requirement set for team building, of simple understanding and easy application, which might contribute to reduce certain failures in software project related to team working.