PROFILING THE EFFORT OF NOVICES IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS - An Analysis using Data Collected Non Invasively

Ilenia Fronza, Jelena Vlasenko

2011

Abstract

New developers exhibit working patterns that are different from existing and experienced software developers. Understanding such patterns may help in determining the actual level of introduction developers have within a company. Moreover, browsing the internet has achieved a pivotal role, as browsing people collect valuable information about working issues and, indeed, developers spend a significant amount of effort browsing. Models have been proposed and validated for the introduction of novices in companies. This paper analyses one of the most promising of these models, the one proposed by (Fronza et al., 2009), and validates it against the patterns of usage of browsing. It appears that the patters of use of the browser confirm the proposed model and that at the end of the observation period, when according to the model, the new developers should have been fully introduced into the working patterns of the company, there is a substantial congruence between the working patterns of the new developers and of the existing developers.

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Fronza I. and Vlasenko J. (2011). PROFILING THE EFFORT OF NOVICES IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS - An Analysis using Data Collected Non Invasively . In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8425-55-3, pages 392-395. DOI: 10.5220/0003505203920395


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Fronza I. and Vlasenko J. (2011). PROFILING THE EFFORT OF NOVICES IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS - An Analysis using Data Collected Non Invasively . In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8425-55-3, pages 392-395. DOI: 10.5220/0003505203920395


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author={Ilenia Fronza and Jelena Vlasenko},
title={PROFILING THE EFFORT OF NOVICES IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS - An Analysis using Data Collected Non Invasively},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,},
year={2011},
pages={392-395},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003505203920395},
isbn={978-989-8425-55-3},
}


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@conference{iceis11,
author={Ilenia Fronza and Jelena Vlasenko},
title={PROFILING THE EFFORT OF NOVICES IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS - An Analysis using Data Collected Non Invasively},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,},
year={2011},
pages={392-395},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003505203920395},
isbn={978-989-8425-55-3},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,
TI - PROFILING THE EFFORT OF NOVICES IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS - An Analysis using Data Collected Non Invasively
SN - 978-989-8425-55-3
AU - Fronza I.
AU - Vlasenko J.
PY - 2011
SP - 392
EP - 395
DO - 10.5220/0003505203920395


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,
TI - PROFILING THE EFFORT OF NOVICES IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS - An Analysis using Data Collected Non Invasively
SN - 978-989-8425-55-3
AU - Fronza I.
AU - Vlasenko J.
PY - 2011
SP - 392
EP - 395
DO - 10.5220/0003505203920395