Commitment and Consistency in the Collaborative Software Development Process of Extreme Programming

D. Woit, K. Bell

2014

Abstract

In this work we (i) expose and analyse the social-psychological principle of commitment and consistency embedded in the Extreme Programming software development process, (ii) illustrate how this principle can be leveraged to impact upon project success, and (iii) provide practical evidence of the manifestation of this principle and its effects in the Extreme Programming domain, through nascent results from our qualitative case study. This work is in its initial stages; our intent is to persuade the reader that commitment and consistency are indeed relevant factors in Extreme Programming process, are potentially impactful on organizational success, and are worthy of further study.

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Woit D. and Bell K. (2014). Commitment and Consistency in the Collaborative Software Development Process of Extreme Programming . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - Volume 1: KMIS, (IC3K 2014) ISBN 978-989-758-050-5, pages 375-381. DOI: 10.5220/0005155003750381


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@conference{kmis14,
author={D. Woit and K. Bell},
title={Commitment and Consistency in the Collaborative Software Development Process of Extreme Programming},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - Volume 1: KMIS, (IC3K 2014)},
year={2014},
pages={375-381},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005155003750381},
isbn={978-989-758-050-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - Volume 1: KMIS, (IC3K 2014)
TI - Commitment and Consistency in the Collaborative Software Development Process of Extreme Programming
SN - 978-989-758-050-5
AU - Woit D.
AU - Bell K.
PY - 2014
SP - 375
EP - 381
DO - 10.5220/0005155003750381