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Knowledge repository to improve agile development processes learning

Knowledge repository to improve agile development processes learning

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Software process learning depends significantly on technologies to store, search and share knowledge that can be used in software projects. The aim of this work is to provide a set of guidelines to develop a knowledge-based process asset libraries (PALs), using a Wiki (as a Web 2.0 technology), to store software engineering best practices. Fieldwork was carried out in a two-year training course of agile development process. This was validated in two phases (with and without PAL), each of which consisted of two stages: training and project. The study demonstrates that on the one hand, the learning process can be improved using a PAL–Wiki to transfer and share the software process knowledge, and on the other hand, junior software engineers developed software products with a greater degree of independence.

Inspec keywords: educational courses; academic libraries; knowledge based systems; software prototyping; Internet; computer science education

Other keywords: software projects; Wiki; agile development processes learning; knowledge-based process asset libraries; fieldwork; software process learning; knowledge repository; PAL-Wiki; Web 2.0 technology; software engineering

Subjects: Expert systems and other AI software and techniques; Computing education and training; Software engineering techniques; Information networks

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