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Explaining Pair Programming Session Dynamics from Knowledge Gaps

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2021

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Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.

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Background: Despite a lot of research on the effectiveness of Pair Programming (PP), the question when it is useful or less useful remains unsettled. Method: We analyze recordings of many industrial PP sessions with Grounded Theory Methodology and build on prior work that identified various phenomena related to within-session knowledge build-up and transfer. We validate our findings with practitioners. Result: We identify two fundamentally different types of required knowledge and explain how different constellations of knowledge gaps in these two respects lead to different session dynamics. Gaps in project-specific systems knowledge are more hampering than gaps in general programming knowledge and are dealt with first and foremost in a PP session. Conclusion: Partner constellations with complementary knowledge make PP a particularly effective practice. In PP sessions, differences in system understanding are more important than differences in general software development knowledge.

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Zieris, Franz; Prechelt, Lutz (2021): Explaining Pair Programming Session Dynamics from Knowledge Gaps. Software Engineering 2021. DOI: 10.18420/SE2021_48. Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.. PISSN: 1617-5468. ISBN: 978-3-88579-704-3. pp. 121-122. Braunschweig/Virtuell. 22.-26. Februar 2021

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