June 9, 2004
A Cognitive Understanding of Pair Programming
What really happens inside the brains of developers when they are pair programming?
I was interested to read Laurent Bossavit report favourably on a presentation by Sallyann Bryant at XP2004 entitled "Dynamic duos: Towards a cognitive understanding of Pair Programming". She is researching this area as part of her PhD thesis.
As one who has mixed feelings about the practice and benefits of pair programming, I will be very interested in her findings. And it will be good to see the results of research rather than conjecture about this emotionally charged topic.
Posted to Peopleware, Software Development by Keith Pitty