A survey of social software engineering

Software engineering is a complex sociotechnical activity, due to the need for discussing and sharing knowledge among team members. This has raised the need for effective ways of sharing ideas, knowledge, and artifacts among groups and their members. The social aspect of software engineering process also demands computer support to facilitate the development by means of collaborative tools, applications and environments. In this paper, we present a survey of relevant works from psychology, mathematics and computer science studies. The combination of these fields provides the required infrastructure for engineering social and collaborative applications as well as the software engineering process. We also discuss possible solutions for the encountered shortcomings, and how they can improve software development.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: KBSE
• Authors: Navid Ahmadi, Mehdi Jazayeri, Francesco Lelli, Sasa Nesic
• Keywords: Complex Sociotechnical Activity, KBSE 2008, Software Engineering, Software Engineering Process