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Effective distributed pair programming

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ICGSE '18: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Global Software Engineering

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Pair Programming¹ has quickly become a widespread technique for teams adopting Agile. The interest has gained even more popularity for those implementing Extreme Programming (XP) which is a well-known Agile methodology. There is a general agreement that pair programming works well with a pair of developers working side by side. However, that is not always possible. Distributed teams and distributed team members are becoming the norm. With that said, is distributed pair programming possible? And if so, can it be done effectively? This paper examines a project where distributed pair programming was extremely effective. Contrary to agile dogma, some individuals may perform better in a distributed manner over collocated.

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ICGSE '18: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Global Software Engineering

May 2018

171 pages

ISBN:9781450357173

DOI:10.1145/3196369

General Chair:
Maria Paasivaara
IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Aalto University, Finland
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Darja Šmite
Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
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Roberto Evaristo
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