The psychology of computer programming
The psychology of computer programming
Structured programming in Cobol: an approach for application programmers
Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM
The new math of computer programming
Communications of the ACM
Computer programming as an art
Communications of the ACM
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Increasing attention has been focused on team management as a better way to improve software production. Nevertheless, most of the experiences described in recent publications to support the present trends in software engineering, deal mainly with large installations and -apparently- large human groups involved in systems development. The implementation of such techniques in small working groups, implies some important changes in order to produce an effective tool that provides software quality and production cost reductions. Not much attention, either, has been given to the psychological factors affecting the small group behaviour, where the individual influence comes to be higher than in large systems; our experiences intending to implement Chief Programmer Teams in structured COBOL groups, show that it is not feasible to implement the above mentioned techniques, unless an adaptation is made for small teams, before any practical work be done. The present paper describes how these techniques were adapted and implemented. A brief analysis of the experiences and results so far obtained support a set of solutions found, pointing to the building of a practical methodology to be used by these groups. The later experiences herein described -based on these new working methods- show results indicating a productivity rising over 30% and an excellent individual disposition towards the daily workload. Higher productivity and personal enthusiastic attitudes provide a better opportunity to satisfy institutional objectives and individual personal goals.