An Examination of Perceived Ergonomic Workstation Design as a Determinant of Software Project Planning and Execution of a Programmer in India

This study relates to a computer programmer and presents a systematic analysis of factors that influence programmers’ ability to plan and manage a software project. This study has been conducted on Indian software industry to understand the significant factors that affect Software Project Planning and Execution. The factors considered were: Ergonomic Workstation design, Domain Knowledge and Software Industry occupational hazards.

Software programming is an intelligent work which is built entirely on human capital, and there are few studies on the factors affecting it.

The data was collected using random sampling from programmers by way of a structured questionnaire. The analysis was done using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) AMOS 20. The total sample size was 199.

The overall model fit looks adequate with the CMIN/DF is 1.821 while all other parameters such as GFI, AGFI, CFI & RMSEA are within the recommended value.

The finding of the study was that two factors -Ergonomic Workstation and Domain Knowledge have a significant impact on software project planning and execution.