Are two heads better than one? On the effectiveness of pair programming

IEEE Software

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 12-15

  Dybå, Tore ^a   Arisholm, Erik ^b   Sjøberg, Dag I K ^b   Hannay, Jo E ^b   Shull, Forrest ^c  

^a SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Fraunhofer USA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Code; Duration; Effort; Pair programming; Programming; Quality

Indexed keywords

PAIR PROGRAMMING;

CODES (SYMBOLS); ENGINEERING RESEARCH; PROGRAMMING THEORY;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 36349028027     PISSN: 07407459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MS.2007.158     Document Type: Article

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