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Are Two Heads Better than One? On the Effectiveness of Pair Programming
November/December 2007 (vol. 24 no. 6)
pp. 12-15
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Tore Dybå, Erik Arisholm, Dag I.K. Sjøberg, Jo E. Hannay, Forrest Shull, "Are Two Heads Better than One? On the Effectiveness of Pair Programming," IEEE Software, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 12-15, November/December, 2007.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MS.2007.158,
author = {Tore Dybå and Erik Arisholm and Dag I.K. Sjøberg and Jo E. Hannay and Forrest Shull},
title = {Are Two Heads Better than One? On the Effectiveness of Pair Programming},
journal ={IEEE Software},
volume = {24},
number = {6},
issn = {0740-7459},
year = {2007},
pages = {12-15},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2007.158},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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Tore Dybå, Simula Research Laboratory and SINTEF Information and Communication Technology
Erik Arisholm, Simula Research Laboratory and SINTEF Information and Communication Technology
Dag I.K. Sjøberg, Simula Research Laboratory and SINTEF Information and Communication Technology
Jo E. Hannay, Simula Research Laboratory and SINTEF Information and Communication Technology
Forrest Shull, Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering
Pair programming has many claimed benefits over individual programming. Researchers examined all 15 existing studies of pair programming to determine whether working in pairs is more effective than working individually.

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Index Terms:
pair programming, programming, duration, effort, quality, code
Citation:
Tore Dybå, Erik Arisholm, Dag I.K. Sjøberg, Jo E. Hannay, Forrest Shull, "Are Two Heads Better than One? On the Effectiveness of Pair Programming," IEEE Software, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 12-15, Nov.-Dec. 2007, doi:10.1109/MS.2007.158
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