The value of Pair Programming
There is an excellent discussion on TSS about the value of “pair programming and how much is cost effective”:http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=41876. I highly suggest anyone who is interested in the topic to check out both the “original quoted blog entry”:http://beyondng.com/weblog/?p=6 and the resulting discussion. Amazingly, both sides of the debate present some very well thought out arguments and raised some very good questions. In addition, the discussion also links to some “studies”:http://www.simula.no/departments/engineering/publications/Arisholm.2006.2 done on the value of pair programming and “other”:http://www.jroller.com/page/ccnelson/20060731 “blog”:http://www.hacknot.info/hacknot/action/showEntry?eid=50 entries discussing the issue. I am also including a link to a “pdf study detailing one team’s experiences”:http://www.agile2005.org/XR4.pdf#search=%22Promiscuous%20Pairing%22.