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Moving into a new software project landscape

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Barthélémy Dagenais,

Rachel K. E. Bellamy,

Martin P. Robillard,

Jacqueline P. de VriesAuthors Info & Claims

ICSE '10: Proceedings of the 32nd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering - Volume 1

Pages 275 - 284

https://doi.org/10.1145/1806799.1806842

Published: 01 May 2010 Publication History

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When developers join a software development project, they find themselves in a project landscape, and they must become familiar with the various landscape features. To better understand the nature of project landscapes and the integration process, with a view to improving the experience of both newcomers and the people responsible for orienting them, we performed a grounded theory study with 18 newcomers across 18 projects. We identified the main features that characterize a project landscape, together with key orientation aids and obstacles, and we theorize that there are three primary factors that impact the integration experience of newcomers: early experimentation, internalizing structures and cultures, and progress validation.

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ICSE '10: Proceedings of the 32nd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering - Volume 1

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DOI:10.1145/1806799

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