Title :
The impact of using pair programming on system evolution a simulation-based study
Author :
Wernick, Paul ; Hall, Tracy
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Hertfordshire, UK
Abstract :
We investigate the impact of pair programming on the long term evolution of software systems. We use system dynamics to build simulation models which predict the trend in system growth with and without pair programming. Initial results suggest that the extra effort needed for two people to code together may generate sufficient benefit to justify pair programming.
Keywords :
parallel programming; software maintenance; pair programming; software evolution; software process; software system; system dynamics; system growth; Calibration; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Dynamic programming; Genetic programming; Keyboards; Mice; Predictive models; Software maintenance; Software systems;
Conference_Titel :
Software Maintenance, 2004. Proceedings. 20th IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2213-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICSM.2004.1357828
