STRIDE Research Software Engineering COVID-19 interview study dataset and materials.

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.

本数据集收录了2020年4月至6月期间进行的一项访谈研究结果，旨在探究COVID-19疫情对研究软件开发工作环境造成的变化。研究历时八周，期间17位自认的研究软件开发工程师（RSEs）记录了他们对疫情对其工作与生活方式影响的思考。每周的记录包括一系列基于敏捷软件开发回顾的技术问题，该技术是敏捷团队回顾过往工作的常用方法。首周遵循基本的回顾格式，要求参与者评估哪些方面做得好，哪些方面不尽如人意，并确定未来可以改进的领域。为了鼓励持续的参与，后续周的问题被改编自敏捷实践者设计的创意回顾计划。参与邀请通过多种国际RSE社交媒体渠道分两批发出，导致11位参与者于4月6日开始参与，另外6位于4月20日开始参与。总计17位参与者对邀请做出了回应；其中15位在第一周后同意参与。参与者每周都会收到一封电子邮件，邀请他们完成为期八周的日记条目；数据通过JISC的在线调查收集。同意书以及第一周问题的PDF文件包含在材料中，以提供调查如何实施的一个示例。表格的A列和B列分别完整报告了条目周和问题。为了防止个人识别，已对人口统计学信息和部分背景信息进行了删减，删减处用***标示。本研究作为STRIDE项目的一部分进行：https://stride.org.uk。