Desirable Pair Programming Behaviours – Tag team

I have distilled my ethnographic research on pair programming into a number of observed desirable and un-desirable pair programming behaviours*. …

Undesirable pair programming behaviours – The Thrasher and The Divider

This post details behaviours* that were observed during my pair programming studies and were considered to be either undesirable when …

An alternative take on the ‘Driver’ and ‘Navigator’ roles in pair programming.

Our findings so far suggest that experienced pair programmers under-rate their experience. They also cast some doubt on previous claims …

So what do the Driver and Navigator really do?

If we look at popular descriptions of pair programming, we don’t have to search very far to come across ideas …

So how much do pair programmers really collaborate?

There are many different ways that pairs may work together. I particularly like the distinction made between Collaboration and Cooperation. …

“It’s for the next person that works on this” and other lies about lists

Pair programmers often make lists, or at least the pairs I studied did. Mostly these lists were produced as an …

“Better than just talking” and how pair programmers prefer their own sketches to formal models.

Nearly all of the experienced pair programmers I studied put something down on paper. In more than three quarters of …

Re-appropriating tools for Pair Programming: The Code and the IDE

As detailed in our 2006 publication*, pair programmers use many tools to assist their collaboration. In fact, even the code …

Re-appropriating tools for Pair Programming: The keyboard and mouse.

Through my studies of professional pair programmers* I became fascinated with way that the pairs used tools created for solo …

Pair Programming uptake and Peripheral Awareness

Before focusing internally on the pair themselves, I* wanted to understand the impact of the environment within which the programming …