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Supporting collaboration in the development of complex engineering software

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Victoria E. Shipp,

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CHASE '11: Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering

Pages 84 - 87

https://doi.org/10.1145/1984642.1984663

Published: 21 May 2011 Publication History

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Software development in engineering firms is a prominent and vital activity, with the success of the business often being dependent on the tools being used. Developing this software requires collaboration between a number of stakeholders, including end-users and other software teams who are often remotely located. This research has used an ethnographic approach to studying communications between stakeholders involved in the development of this type of software. Findings show that users play a vital role in the development team due to their knowledge of the domain and work processes. Supporting this relationship remotely can be challenging, especially due to the reliance on ad-hoc communication strategies. This can sometimes lead to misunderstandings, design rationale being lost, and poor and efficient designs and processes. Lightweight tools that enable flexible design artefacts to be shared and discussed could assist this process and will be investigated in future work.

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Supporting collaboration in the development of complex engineering software
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Collaboration in software development
      1. Programming teams
    2. Designing software

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CHASE '11: Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering

May 2011

100 pages

ISBN:9781450305761

DOI:10.1145/1984642

Program Chairs:
Marcelo Cataldo
Robert Bosch Corporate Research, USA
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Cleidson de Souza
IBM Research - Brazil, Brazil
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Yvonne Dittrich
IT University of Copenhagan, Denmark
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Rashina Hoda
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
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Helen Sharp
Open University, UK

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Brown JLindgaard GBiddle RMalmborg LPederson T(2012)Joint implicit alignment work of interaction designers and software developersProceedings of the 7th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Making Sense Through Design10.1145/2399016.2399121(693-702)Online publication date: 14-Oct-2012
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