Pair programming productivity: Novice-novice vs. expert-expert

Agile Software Development methodologies have grown in popularity both among academic researchers and industrial practitioners. Among the various methodologies or practices proposed, pair programming, which is concerned with two programmers collaborating on design, coding and testing, has become a controversial focus of interest. Even though some success stories have been reported with the use of pair-programming in real software development environment, many people remain rather skeptical of the claims on pairprogramming productivity. Previous studies in pair programming have only addressed the basic understanding of the productivity of pairs and they have not addressed the variation in productivity between pairs of varying skills and experience, such as between novice

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2006
• Where: IJMMS
• Authors: Kim Man Lui, Keith C. C. Chan
• Keywords: IJMMS 2006, Pair Programming, Productivity, Software Development