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WS01 - Learning and working together as prerequisites for the development of high-quality software
Gabriele Frankl, Sofie Bitter and Bonifaz Kaufmann
(Workshop Website)
New! Two videos (Speed-Dating and World Cafe) showing impressions of the workshop are available.
A major challenge for software engineering is to coordinate many individuals, whose work is heavily depending on each other.
This enormous complexity often results in error-prone products. Minor mistakes can already have major side-effects impacting
the entire software product. For individuals, the challenge is to focus on their own tasks, however, obeying certain design
principles and without losing sight of the overall target. Therefore, we argue that software engineering is a highly collaborative
process. However, we lack knowledge in general how to collaborate successfully. Consequently, there is also still a lot of
potential for teaching and improving collaboration in software engineering education.
Objectives
The aim of this workshop is to address the problematic, how (e-)collaboration can be taught and fostered in the field of
software engineering. The awareness that cooperation and (e-)collaboration are cornerstones for high-quality software
products shall be augmented among software engineers. The aims of the workshop are to:
- connect researchers in the area of software engineering, cooperation and (e-)collaboration, team learning
and team performance, well-being within work groups and foster the connection between the topics and areas
- raise and discuss relevant questions regarding software engineering and (e-)collaboration in
an interdisciplinary context
- transfer answers to specific questions into research papers
As more exchange between the various research disciplines is needed, we invite participants from all related research areas to
submit a position paper (max. 3-5 pages), addressing the following questions:
- What are the main obstacles to teaching cooperation and (e-)collaboration?
- How can cooperation and (e-)collaboration in software engineering education be fostered?
- How can we overcome the fundamental tensions between the individual's and the
group's interests?
- Are there best practice examples (for instance, pair programming)?
Important Dates
Position Paper Submission Deadline: Friday February 21, 2014
Acceptance Notification: Monday February 24, 2014
Camera-Ready Deadline: Friday February 28, 2014
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