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Gail OllisBournemouth University
U.K.
Helping developers to help each other
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Why did they do THAT?!
Gail OllisBournemouth University
U.K.
Helping developers to help each other
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Interviews
2. Workshops
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Interviews
Neutral
Bad. Slight impact
Good. Slight impact
Good. Noticeable impact
Bad. Noticeable impact
Automates tasks
Includes symptoms
& how to reproduce
in bug reports
Fixes symptoms
without discovering
root cause of bug
Is good at helping
others
Is willing to discuss
suggestions about
their code
Espouses “one true
way”
Tends to “own”
code
Tends to work in
isolation
“I saw him create a legacy system
in 3 weeks”
Is willing to ask questions
Chooses identifiers which are not succinct, meaningful & distinct
“Vegetables”“Wibble”“Spock”
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Recommend 96%
“Stimulates interesting discussions within the team, not usually/traditionally talked about.”
“Often talk is focused on just the work to be done and not how to go about it”
Reuse 93%
“As a team we have no rituals which attempt to improve consistency”
Other uses • Other teams• Appraisal• Recruitment
“Could help get insights into how interviewee would fit with team working”
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“What I believe this technique offers that I had certainly not considered before is choice”
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“We’re not thinking in these ways!”
