A Model of Retrospective Reflection in Project Based Learning Utilizing Historical Data in Collaborative Tools

Krogstie, Birgit R.

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“…We do this by considering the work practice, including the retrospective reflection effort itself, as a case of distributed cognition [ 18 ] , and by looking into the type of historical data available in the tool, the tool features used to retrieve the data in the reflection workshop, and the organization of the workshop.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…exact dates and times of specific events. Figure 5 is an instantiation of the more generic model of retrospective reflection outlined in [ 18 ] .…”

Section: Appropriately Organizing the Process Of Retrospective Reflecmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While the study reported in this paper considered data that were regarded as shared within the team, these characteristics do not apply to all data from project collaboration. IM logs, for instance, may be considered by their owners as too private to be shared [ 18 ] . Their potential to support individual reflection on the project process may be considered.…”

Section: The Potential Of Collaboration Tools To Support Reflection Imentioning

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“…Also, there is research on the use of data captured in collaboration tools to gain insights about collaborative work activity, as will be elaborated in the Background section. The potential to aid retrospective reflection on an entire project process by use of historical data in the various lightweight collaboration tools supporting that process was identified in [ 18 ] .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In [ 18 ] it was argued that data collected in various collaboration tools in daily use in a project may be systematically utilized to aid retrospective reflection in the project team. From a distributed cognition perspective, the historical data in the tools can be considered external representations of the project process.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Supporting Reflection in Software Development with Everyday Working Tools

Krogstie

Divitini

2010

Proceedings of COOP 2010

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Through their day-to-day usage collaboration tools collect data on the work process. These data can be used to aid participants' retrospective reflection on the process. The paper shows how this can be done in software development project work. Through a case study we demonstrate how retrospective reflection was conducted by use of an industry approach to project retrospectives combined with the examination of historical data in Trac, an issue tracker. The data helped the team reconstruct the project trajectory by aiding the recall of significant events, leading to a shift in the team's perspective on the project. The success of the toolaided retrospective reflection is attributed to its organization as well as the type of historical data examined through the tool and the tool features for navigating the data. These insights can be used to help project teams determine the potential of their tools to aid retrospective reflection. IntroductionSoftware development (SD) is highly cooperative work which has received considerable attention in CSCW [1][2][3] . In SD, mistakes are common as well as costly [ 4 ] , and learning from experience is essential [ 5 ] .In SD organizations using large integrated systems to support and coordinate work, efforts to have the organization learn from experience may be integrated into predefined work processes and supported by tool functionality for collecting and providing experience data. The idea of experience factories [ 6 ] reflects a similar idea. In other settings, as in agile software development [ 7 ] , learning from experience may be more informal and deferred to face-to-face project meetings and retrospective B. Krogstie ( ) and M. Divitini

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…exact dates and times of specific events. Figure 5 is an instantiation of the more generic model of retrospective reflection outlined in [ 18 ] .…”

Section: Appropriately Organizing the Process Of Retrospective Reflecmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Potential Of Collaboration Tools To Support Reflection Imentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%