NDLI: Situated Software Development: Work Practice and Infrastructure Are Mutually Constitutive

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Prior, J. Robertson, T. Leaney, J.
Copyright Year	2008
Description	Author affiliation: Univ. of Technol., Sydney (Prior, J.; Robertson, T.; Leaney, J.)
Abstract	Software developers' work is much more interesting and multifarious in practice than formal definitions of software development processes imply. Rational models of work are often representations of processes defined as they should be performed, rather than portrayals of what people actually do in practice. These models offer a simplified picture of the phenomena involved, and are frequently confused with how the work is carried out in reality, or they are advocated as the ideal way to accomplish the work. A longitudinal ethnographic study (45 days of fieldwork over 20 months) of a group of professional software developers revealed the importance of including their observed practice, and the "infrastructure" that supports and shapes this practice, in an authentic account of their work. Moreover, this research revealed that software development work practice and the infrastructure used to produce software are inextricably entwined and mutually constitutive over time.
Starting Page	160
Ending Page	169
File Size	501655
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9780769531007
ISSN	15300803
DOI	10.1109/ASWEC.2008.4483204
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2008-03-26
Publisher Place	Australia
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Programming Isolation technology Testing Australia Software engineering Collaborative software Shape Operating systems Middleware Application software patterns of behaviour software development ethnography work practice infrastructure patterns for behaviour
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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