Psychologické bezpečí při agilním vývoji softwaru

This master’s thesis focuses on psychological safety in agile software development. The aim of the thesis is to identify how members of agile teams perceive manifestations of psychological safety and, based on these findings, to formulate recommendations that support effective team collaboration and the development of a psychologically safe environment within agile software development. The theoretical part defines agile software development, team dynamics, and the concept of psychological safety in the context of software development. The empirical part is based on a qualitative research approach, specifically semi-structured interviews, and the collected data were analysed through two-stage qualitative coding, in which initial codes were first created and subsequently grouped into broader pattern codes. The results show that psychological safety in agile software development is manifested primarily through open communication and team members’ voice, constructive approaches to mistakes, responsibility and feedback, the willingness to ask for help, to learn and to develop, as well as through mutual trust, cohesion, and informal relationships. Leadership, power relations, collaboration patterns and the way in which the agile framework is applied, particularly retrospectives, also play an important role. Conversely, psychological safety is weakened in situations where mistakes are associated with blame, feedback is not framed constructively, the team is exposed to micromanagement, delivery pressure or formal agile ceremonies without a genuine follow-up aimed at solving problems. The findings of the thesis indicate that psychological safety is not merely a manifestation of a positive team atmosphere, but rather an important condition for open communication, team learning, knowledge sharing and effective collaboration in the context of agile software development.