The Costs and Benefits of Pair Programming (2000)
| Venue: | In eXtreme Programming and Flexible Processes in Software Engineering XP2000 |
| Citations: | 62 - 5 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Cockburn00thecosts,
author = {Alistair Cockburn and Laurie Williams},
title = {The Costs and Benefits of Pair Programming},
booktitle = {In eXtreme Programming and Flexible Processes in Software Engineering XP2000},
year = {2000},
pages = {223--247},
publisher = {Addison-Wesley}
}
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Abstract
Pair or collaborative programming is where two programmers develop software side by side at one computer. Using interviews and controlled experiments, the authors investigated the costs and benefits of pair programming. They found that for a development-time cost of about 15%, pair programming improves design quality, reduces defects, reduces staffing risk, enhances technical skills, improves team communications and is considered more enjoyable at statistically significant levels.
