The concept of "Ba" applied to Software Engineering

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2014

Authors

Nuno Flores (Author) FEUP; Ademar Aguiar (Author) FEUP; Hugo Sereno Ferreira (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: CHASE - International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering

Pages: 1-4

ICSE - International Conference in Software Engineering

Hyderabad, India, 2 a 3 de Junho 2014

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

CORDIS: Physical sciences > Computer science > Programming > Software engineering

Other information

Abstract (EN): Software development is a knowledge-intensive activity. Software products usually start as a simple idea, or a vision, and then progress towards a final deliverable product. Along this evolution, there is a lot of knowledge that is captured, organized, and shared, leading to new knowledge, both as a whole and within specific development activities. The concept of ”Ba” provides a foundation to advance individual and collective knowledge, which describes knowledge creation as a spiral involving tacit and explicit knowledge: the Socialization, Externalization, Combination, Internalization model (a.k.a. SECI model). By applying this foundation to software development, we found issues that may hinder the effective knowledge management cycle. In this paper, we present a vision and a set of requirements for tools to overcome such issues and therefore better support the whole process of software knowledge evolution.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4