Presenting the Lero GSD research to Peri Loucopoulos

In an effort to get an outsider expert's view on the different GSD projects going on within Lero, Brian Fitzgerald, the GSD research area leader invited prof. Peri Loucopoulos from Loughborough University.


The different research strands within the GSD prepared presentations of their work. We were lucky to give ours this morning, in the second slot. We got 90 min, and we squeezed in 5 presentations which were supposed to take 10 min each:

• Overview (Liam)
• Mapping the GSD domain (Anne)
• Learning in the context of OS sprints (Anne)
• Defect reports as communication and articulation mechanisms (Daniel)
• Collaborative work practices in GSD (Gabriela)

We used a lot more time - because I was the last before Liam had to conclude, and there were only 15 min left for Q&A and discussions.

The comments of our guest (and of the audience as well) were encouraging and appreciative of our work. We might have been taken for the ugly duckling for a while, but I have the feeling we're slowly evolving into the beautiful swan we were meant to be ;)