Collaborative Software Engineering Learning Environment Associating Artifacts Management with Communication Support

Abstract

Software development is knowledge-intensive and collaborative work in nature. A large number of communications are exchanged in software development. A number of intermediate artifacts are also created there. Some artifacts are created via discussions. Some communications exchanged during software development are closely related to various types of artifacts. This study proposes a learning environment for collaborative software development that associates artifacts management with communication management. This paper describes how the function of association of artifacts with communications has been used.