Are Two Heads Better than One? On the Effectiveness of Pair Programming

Authors:
Tore Dybå;Erik Arisholm;Dag I. K. Sjøberg;Jo E. Hannay;Forrest Shull
Affiliations:
Simula Research Laboratory and SINTEF Information and Communication Technology;Simula Research Laboratory and SINTEF Information and Communication Technology;Simula Research Laboratory and SINTEF Information and Communication Technology;Simula Research Laboratory and SINTEF Information and Communication Technology;Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering
Venue:
IEEE Software
Year:
2007

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Abstract

Pair programming has many claimed benefits over individual programming. Researchers examined all 15 existing studies of pair programming to determine whether working in pairs is more effective than working individually.