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Balance Between Creativity and Methodology in Software Projects

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Taking into account trends of innovation in economy and increasing interest in applying creativity techniques in computer science, this paper focuses on relationship between creativity and methodology in software project. First, it extracts useful knowledge about creativity from creativity research. Then, it makes an attempt to combine creativity issues and dimensions with concepts from software project area. It presents also lessons learned from analysis of diploma projects in computer science in which students were encouraged to use creativity skills and techniques. Both theoretical analysis on the edge of creativity and methodology and lessons learned show that there is a need to balance creativity and methodology in software project.

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Bobkowska A(2019)Exploration of Creativity Techniques in Software Engineering in Training-Application-Feedback CycleEnterprise and Organizational Modeling and Simulation10.1007/978-3-030-35646-0_8(99-118)Online publication date: 14-Nov-2019
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Bobkowska A(2018)Positive Risk of Creativity in Software Projects: an Expected Result, a Threat or an Opportunity?2018 11th International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI)10.1109/HSI.2018.8431364(352-355)Online publication date: Jul-2018
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Amin ABasri SHassan MRehman M(2017)A Snapshot of 26 Years of Research on Creativity in Software Engineering - A Systematic Literature ReviewMobile and Wireless Technologies 201710.1007/978-981-10-5281-1_47(430-438)Online publication date: 17-Jun-2017
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DOI:10.1145/2814464

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Bobkowska A(2019)Exploration of Creativity Techniques in Software Engineering in Training-Application-Feedback CycleEnterprise and Organizational Modeling and Simulation10.1007/978-3-030-35646-0_8(99-118)Online publication date: 14-Nov-2019
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Bobkowska A(2018)Positive Risk of Creativity in Software Projects: an Expected Result, a Threat or an Opportunity?2018 11th International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI)10.1109/HSI.2018.8431364(352-355)Online publication date: Jul-2018
https://doi.org/10.1109/HSI.2018.8431364
Amin ABasri SHassan MRehman M(2017)A Snapshot of 26 Years of Research on Creativity in Software Engineering - A Systematic Literature ReviewMobile and Wireless Technologies 201710.1007/978-981-10-5281-1_47(430-438)Online publication date: 17-Jun-2017
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5281-1_47
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