Current Research: DPhil/PhD Informatics, University of Sussex (Expected 2010)

Research Interests: Agile Software development; Process Improvement; Reflective Practice; Team Communication; Ethnography; Narrative Analysis; Workplace Learning; Conversational Storytelling; Information Radiators and Kanban Systems

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Given the increased recognition about the importance of emphasising collaboration and group communication within software development practice, especially within agile systems development, it appears there is merit in further investigation into the details of communication in practice, and what such consideration may be able to tell us about the people, communities and practices involved in such work. One feature to be considered is that of conversational storytelling; the day-to-day interactional shared stories that practitioners tell about projects, people and programming. It is proposed that programmer stories can be explored in greater depth using a narrative research qualitative approach, in order to explore issues around communication, collaboration and culture in software development and investigate how stories are used in practice.

This work is being supervised by: Pablo Romero and Judith Good.