Software development cultures and cooperation problems: a field study of the early stages of development of software for a scientific community

Segal, Judith (2009). Software development cultures and cooperation problems: a field study of the early stages of development of software for a scientific community. Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 18(5-6) pp. 581–606.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10606-009-9096-9

Abstract

In earlier work, I identified a particular class of end-user developers, who include scientists and whom I term 'professional end-user developers', as being of especial interest. Here, I extend this work by articulating a culture of professional end-user development, and illustrating by means of a field-study how the influence of this culture causes cooperation problems in an inter-disciplinary team developing a software system for a scientific community. My analysis of the field study data is informed by some recent literature on multi-national work cultures. Whilst acknowledging that viewing a scientific development through a lens of software development culture does not give a full picture, I argue that it nonetheless provides deep insights.

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• Item ORO ID
• 18494
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 0925-9724
• Keywords
• community software development; cooperation; field study; scientific software development; software development culture; professional end-user developers
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
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• Centre for Research in Computing (CRC)
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• © 2009 Springer
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• Judith Segal