Authors:
Broderick Crawford
1
;
Claudio León de la Barra
2
;
Ricardo Soto
3
;
Sanjay Misra
4
and
Eric Monfroy
5
Affiliations:
1
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso and Universidad Finis Terrae, Chile
;
2
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile
;
3
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso and Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Chile
;
4
Federal University of Technology, Nigeria
;
5
Université de Nantes, France
Keyword(s):
Knowledge Management, Creativity, Software Engineering, Agile Methodologies.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Biomedical Engineering
;
Data Engineering
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Health Information Systems
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Knowledge Management
;
Ontologies and the Semantic Web
;
Society, e-Business and e-Government
;
Software Engineering
;
Tools, Techniques and Methodologies for System Development
;
Web Information Systems and Technologies
Abstract:
Software development is a knowledge intensive activity and its success depends on knowledge and creativity of the developers. In the last years the traditional perspective on software development is changing and agile methods have received considerable attention. Among other attributes, the agilists claim that fostering knowledge sharing and creativity is one of the keys to response to common problems and challenges of software development today. The development of new software products requires the generation of novel and useful ideas. The purpose of this paper is to provide an understanding of knowledge management and creativity in relation with new software engineering trends. The implications of these findings are considered, and some possible directions for future research are suggested.