Communication in context: A stimulus-response account of agile team interactions

Nik Nailah Binti Abdullah; Helen Sharp; Shinichi Honiden

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-13054-0_13

Communication in context: A stimulus-response account of agile team interactions

Nik Nailah Binti Abdullah, Helen Sharp, Shinichi Honiden

Global Center for Science and Engineering

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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
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	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13054-0_13
Publication status	Published - 2010 Jan 1
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

Management Information Systems
Control and Systems Engineering
Business and International Management
Information Systems
Modelling and Simulation
Information Systems and Management

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Abdullah, N. N. B., Sharp, H., & Honiden, S. (2010). Communication in context: A stimulus-response account of agile team interactions. In Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming - 11th International Conference, XP 2010, Proceedings (pp. 166-171). (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 48 LNBIP). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13054-0_13

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

Abdullah, NNB, Sharp, H & Honiden, S 2010, Communication in context: A stimulus-response account of agile team interactions. in Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming - 11th International Conference, XP 2010, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 48 LNBIP, Springer Verlag, pp. 166-171, 11th International Conference on Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming, XP 2010, Trondheim, Norway, 10/6/1. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13054-0_13

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