Abstract
Previous research has indicated that work artefacts commonly used by agile teams capture progress information, while functional aspects such as requirements are developed and sustained through the team's social interactions and communication channels. This paper reports an initial empirical study to investigate the relationship between agile work artefacts and communication during stand-up meetings and pair programming sessions, specifically focusing on gathering and clarifying requirements. Using Bateson's communication theory, we found that the work artefacts, and other individuals form an external event system which supports Agile teams during the gathering and clarifying of requirements. Using this communication theory together with Clancey's situated cognition, we predict that if the two do not exist together throughout the interactions, then teams members will form discoordinated actions together.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming - 11th International Conference, XP 2010, Proceedings |
| Publisher | Springer-Verlag |
| Pages | 166-171 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783642130533 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 Jan 1 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 11th International Conference on Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming, XP 2010 - Trondheim, Norway Duration: 2010 Jun 1 → 2010 Jun 4 |
Publication series
| Name | Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing |
|---|---|
| Volume | 48 LNBIP |
| ISSN (Print) | 1865-1348 |
Other
| Other | 11th International Conference on Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming, XP 2010 |
|---|---|
| Country | Norway |
| City | Trondheim |
| Period | 10/6/1 → 10/6/4 |
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Keywords
- Communication
- Contexts
- Empirical study
- Situated cognition
- Stand-up meetings
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Management Information Systems
- Business and International Management
- Information Systems
- Modelling and Simulation
- Information Systems and Management
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Communication in context : A stimulus-response account of agile team interactions. / Abdullah, Nik Nailah Binti; Sharp, Helen; Honiden, Shinichi.
Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming - 11th International Conference, XP 2010, Proceedings. Springer-Verlag, 2010. p. 166-171 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 48 LNBIP).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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