Strengthening the Case for Pair Programming

  • Authors:
  • Laurie Williams;Robert R. Kessler;Ward Cunningham;Ron Jeffries

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Software
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

The software industry has practiced pair programming--two programmers working side by side at one computer on the same problem--for years. But people who haven't tried it often reject the idea as a waste of resources. The authors demonstrate that pair programming yields better software products in less time--and happier, more confident programmers. Their supportive evidence comes from professional programmers and an experiment with university students.