• DocumentCode
    1928746
  • 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
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    11-14 Sept. 2004
  • Firstpage
    422
  • Lastpage
    426
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Software Maintenance, 2004. Proceedings. 20th IEEE International Conference on
  • ISSN
    1063-6773
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-2213-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSM.2004.1357828
  • Filename
    1357828