Empathy Guidelines for Improving Practitioner Well-being & Software Engineering Practices
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| author | Gunatilake, Hashini Grundy, John Hoda, Rashina Mueller, Ingo |
| author_facet | Gunatilake, Hashini Grundy, John Hoda, Rashina Mueller, Ingo |
| contents | Empathy is a powerful yet often overlooked element in software engineering (SE), supporting better teamwork, smoother communication, and effective decision-making.This paper introduces 17 actionable empathy guidelines designed to support practitioners, teams, and organisations. We also explore how these guidelines can be implemented in practice by examining real-world applications, challenges, and strategies to overcome them shared by software practitioners. To support adoption, we present a visual prioritisation framework that categorises the guidelines based on perceived importance, ease of implementation, and willingness to adopt. The findings offer practical and flexible suggestions for integrating empathy into everyday SE work, helping teams move from principles to sustainable action. |
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| publishDate | 2025 |
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| spellingShingle | Empathy Guidelines for Improving Practitioner Well-being & Software Engineering Practices Gunatilake, Hashini Grundy, John Hoda, Rashina Mueller, Ingo Software Engineering Empathy is a powerful yet often overlooked element in software engineering (SE), supporting better teamwork, smoother communication, and effective decision-making.This paper introduces 17 actionable empathy guidelines designed to support practitioners, teams, and organisations. We also explore how these guidelines can be implemented in practice by examining real-world applications, challenges, and strategies to overcome them shared by software practitioners. To support adoption, we present a visual prioritisation framework that categorises the guidelines based on perceived importance, ease of implementation, and willingness to adopt. The findings offer practical and flexible suggestions for integrating empathy into everyday SE work, helping teams move from principles to sustainable action. |
| title | Empathy Guidelines for Improving Practitioner Well-being & Software Engineering Practices |
| topic | Software Engineering |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.03846 |