A multiple case study on the impact of pair programming on product quality

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 495-504

  Hulkko, Hanna ^a   Abrahamsson, Pekka ^b  

^a Elektrobit Corporation   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agile software development; Empirical software engineering; Extreme programming; Productivity; Software quality

Indexed keywords

AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; EMPIRICAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; EXTREME PROGRAMMING; SOFTWARE QUALITY;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 33244468556     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSE.2005.1553595     Document Type: Conference Paper

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