Paper Info
Title
Knowledge Acquisition Activity in Software Development.
Abstract
Data from four field studies are analyzed to find the patterns of knowledge acquisition activity in software development projects with respect to other cognitive activities such as documentation, coding and V&V. The data are obtained from self-recorded activity time slips approach. Data are codified based on an information source model, which is related to Nonaka and Takeuchi's knowledge creation model. It shows that knowledge acquisition activities account for almost 15% of the total effort. We also find out that this effort, in most cases, cannot be restricted to the first phase of the project during requirement and architectural design, which is expected from waterfall or disciplined processes. About half of the learning is done during the code implementation even within a disciplined process. This finding is in line with one value of the Agile philosophy that promotes team interactions and users involvement for the whole project duration.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1007/978-3-642-36981-0_1
ADVANCES IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES
Keywords
Field
DocType
Knowledge acquisition,software development,cognitive activities,knowledge flow,cognitive factors,empirical studies,field studies
Duration (project management),Software engineering,Computer science,Agile software development,Coding (social sciences),Documentation,Cognition,Software development,Empirical research,Knowledge acquisition
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
206
2194-5357
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.36
11
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Olivier Gendreau171.48
Pierre N Robillard256865.22