To Memorize or to Document: A Survey of Developers’ Views on Knowledge Availability

Jacob Krüger (Corresponderende auteur), Regina Hebig

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When developing, maintaining, or evolving a system, developers need different types of knowledge (e.g., domain, processes, architecture). They may have memorized (but potentially not documented) the knowledge they perceive important, while they need to recover knowledge that they could not memorize. Previous research has focused on knowledge recovery, but not on what knowledge developers consider important to memorize or document. We address this gap by reporting a survey among 37 participants in which we investigated developers’ perspectives on different types of knowledge. Our results indicate that the developers consider certain types of knowledge more important than others, particularly with respect to memorizing them—while all of them should be documented, using specific means. Such insights help researchers and practitioners understand developers’ knowledge and documentation needs within processes, thereby guiding practices and new techniques.
Originele taal-2Engels
TitelProduct-Focused Software Process Improvement
Subtitel24th International Conference, PROFES 2023, Dornbirn, Austria, December 10–13, 2023, Proceedings, Part I
RedacteurenRegine Kadgien, Andreas Jedlitschka, Andrea Janes, Valentina Lenarduzzi, Xiaozhou Li
UitgeverijSpringer
Pagina's39-56
Aantal pagina's18
ISBN van elektronische versie978-3-031-49266-2
ISBN van geprinte versie978-3-031-49265-5
DOI's
StatusGepubliceerd - 2 dec. 2023
EvenementInternational Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES) - Dornbirn, Oostenrijk
Duur: 10 dec. 202313 dec. 2023

Publicatie series

NaamLecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
Volume14483
ISSN van geprinte versie0302-9743
ISSN van elektronische versie1611-3349

Congres

CongresInternational Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES)
Land/RegioOostenrijk
StadDornbirn
Periode10/12/2313/12/23

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