The Effectiveness of Pair Programming: Software Professionals' Perceptions

Researchers surveyed software professionals on their views regarding the effectiveness of pair programming compared to traditional solo programming. The survey produced three main findings. First, the respondents believed that project complexity and pair composition (the individual programmers'...

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Published inIEEE software Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 72 - 79
Main Authors Wenying Sun, Marakas, George, Aguirre-Urreta, Miguel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Alamitos IEEE 01.07.2016
IEEE Computer Society
Subjects
Complexity theory
Composition effects
Computer programs
defect rate
Defects
Effectiveness
effort
Knowledge management
Knowledge transfer
Organizations
pair composition
pair programming
Perception
Programmers
Programming
Programming profession
project complexity
Software
software development
Software engineering
solo programming
Studies
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Summary:Researchers surveyed software professionals on their views regarding the effectiveness of pair programming compared to traditional solo programming. The survey produced three main findings. First, the respondents believed that project complexity and pair composition (the individual programmers' expertise and pair-programming experience) affect pair programming's effectiveness in terms of the effort, defect rate, knowledge transfer, and overall project cost. Second, respondents with pair-programming experience viewed pair programming more positively than those without it. Finally, the more pair-programming experience the respondents had, the more favorably they viewed pair programming.
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ISSN:0740-7459
1937-4194
DOI:10.1109/MS.2015.106