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Background: Multitasking is usual in software development. It is the abilityto stop working on a task, switch to another, and return eventually to thefirst one, as needed or as scheduled. Multitasking, however, comes at acognitive cost: frequent context-switches can lead to distraction, sub-standardwork, and even greater stress. Aims: This paper reports a replicationexperiment where we gathered data on a group of developers from a softwaredevelopment company from industry on a large collection of projects stored inGitLab repositories. Method: We reused the developed models and methods fromthe original study for measuring the rate and breadth of a developers'context-switching behavior, and we study how context-switching affects theirproductivity. We applied semi-structured interviews, replacing the originalsurvey, to some of the developers to understand the reasons for and perceptionsof multitasking. Results: We found out that industry developers multitask asmuch as OSS developers focusing more (on fewer projects), and working morerepetitively from one day to the next is associated with higher productivity,but there is no effect for higher multitasking. Some commons reasons make themmultitask: dependencies, personal interests, and social relationships.Conclusions: Short context change, less than three minutes, did not impactresults from industry developers; however, more than that, it brings a feelingof left the previous tasks behind. So, it is proportional to how much contextis switched: as bigger the context and bigger the interruption, it is worst tocome back.

Multitasking Across Industry Projects: A Replication Study