Designing and Managing Agile Informative Workspaces: Discovering and Exploring Patterns

An Informative Workspace (IW) consists in the use of the workplace for displaying and using information on agile environments. Some authors have provided guidelines for designing and maintaining IWs, but few are based on more formal studies. This research aims to help understanding how to optimize the use of IWs on agile software development teams. We performed a study using a mixed method research approach based on action research, survey and interviews. Our results pointed out seven heuristics for designing and managing IWs, and concepts explaining "Why\´\´, "How\´\´ and "When\´\´ they apply. These heuristics and related concepts provide effective hints on how to use an IW.