| Type of Document |
Master's Thesis |
| Author |
Wilson, Dylan Garrett, |
| URN |
etd-03292004-213121 |
| Title |
An Empirical Study of the Tacit Knowledge Management Potential of Pair Programming |
| Degree |
Master of Science |
| Graduate Program |
Computer Science |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Dr. Laurie Williams |
Committee Chair |
| Dr. Annie Anton |
Committee Member |
| Dr. Jason Osborne |
Committee Member |
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| Keywords |
- community of practice
- agile programming methods
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| Date of Defense |
2004-02-26 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
This work describes an experiment comparing knowledge sharing in two distinct team structures. Given the increasing importance of knowledge in the workplace, especially software engineering, we are interested in paradigms that can assist in knowledge management. To this end, we conducted an experiment to determine how the paired or solo programming model affects knowledge sharing during a software project. We show a pattern of results that suggest pair programming has a positive effect on knowledge sharing. We also find development time is somewhat higher when using paired programming, but product quality is unaffected by programming method though these results are not statistically significant.
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