Paper Info
Title
Building Communities among Software Engineers: The ViSEK Approach to Intra- and Inter-Organizational Learning
Abstract
The paper presents the concepts of the Distributed Center of Competency in Software-Engineering (ViSEK): a German national initiative to encourage intra- and inter-organizational learning in the software industry. Taking a socio-cultural stance, learning is understood as enculturation in a community of practice. So community building becomes an important objective when fostering intra- and inter-organizational learning. The ViSEK-project encourages community building among software-engineers at three different levels: between leading research groups, between research groups and practitioners, and among practitioners from different small and medium size enterprises (SMEs). We describe two approaches for community building more in detail: (a) an internet portal which presents software engineering knowledge and offers functionality for community support, (b) a regional network of SMEs which stimulates learning among its members in the field of usability engineering.
Year
DOI
Venue
2002
10.1007/978-3-540-40052-3_4
ADVANCES IN LEARNING SOFTWARE ORGANIZATIONS
Keywords
Field
DocType
community building,usability engineering,organizational learning,software engineering
Competence (human resources),Computer science,Usability engineering,Usability,Knowledge management,Organizational learning,Community building,Knowledge engineering,Community of practice,Software development
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
2640
0302-9743
5
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.59
5
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Britta Hofmann151.61
Volker Wulf22119219.33