Using a configuration management tool to coordinate software development

Authors:
Rebecca E. Grinter
Affiliations:
Computers, Organizations, Policy and Society, Department of Information and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
Venue:
COCS '95 Proceedings of conference on Organizational computing systems
Year:
1995

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Abstract

I describe a naturalistic study of one organization's use of a configuration management tool to coordinate the development of a software product. In this organization, the developers use the tool routinely to reduce the complexities of coordinating their development efforts. I examine how the tool provides mechanisms of interaction that let the developers work with each other. I identify four aspects of these mechanisms: difficulties of representing work, the multiple levels that they operate at, the possibilities for coordination they provide, and their role in supporting a model of work.