Understanding communication within pair programming

  • Authors:
  • Mark Zarb

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 3rd annual conference on Systems, programming, and applications: software for humanity
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Communication occurs constantly within a pair whilst they are programming. As examples, a navigator might grunt in approval to a new method the driver has just created, or the pair could have a long conversation discussing requirements and coding strategies. This paper presents a brief background study exploring communication within pair programming, and an investigation which results in the creation of a general analytic coding scheme for expert-expert pair programming. Finally, an experiment is detailed that aims to further explore this field.