Software Development Cultures and Cooperation Problems: A Field Study of the Early Stages of Development of Software for a Scientific Community

Authors:
Judith Segal
Affiliations:
Empirical Studies of Software Development Group, Centre for Research in Computing, The Department of Computing, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK MK7 6AA
Venue:
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Year:
2009

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Abstract

In earlier work, I identified a particular class of end-user developers, who include scientists and whom I term `professional end-user developers', as being of especial interest. Here, I extend this work by articulating a culture of professional end-user development, and illustrating by means of a field-study how the influence of this culture causes cooperation problems in an inter-disciplinary team developing a software system for a scientific community. My analysis of the field study data is informed by some recent literature on multi-national work cultures. Whilst acknowledging that viewing a scientific development through a lens of software development culture does not give a full picture, I argue that it nonetheless provides deep insights.