An exploratory study on open conversation spaces in software engineering

ColiaborateCom 2011 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 307-316

  Dullemond, Kevin ^a   Van Gameren, Ben ^a   Van Solingen, Rini ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case Study; Collaborative Software Engineering; Conversations; Focus Group; Open Conversation Space; Overhearing; Questionnaire; Survey

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE SOFTWARES; CONVERSATIONS; FOCUS GROUP; OPEN CONVERSATION SPACE; OVERHEARING; QUESTIONNAIRE;

GROUPWARE; SURVEYS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84857574101     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4108/icst.collaboratecom.2011.247098     Document Type: Conference Paper

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