Pabc-pattern: uma estratégia para codificar lições aprendidas em organizações de software

Abstract

The knowledge acquired by the members of a software organization is one of its most important assets. Therefore, the proper management of this knowledge has become a real need in the software development industry. The capture of lessons learned has become a practice developed by some of these organizations in order to manage and transfer knowledge. One of the most common approaches to encourage knowledge transfer is codification. Knowledge codification can facilitate the storage of lessons learned for a future usage. This MA research aims at elaborating a strategy to facilitate the codification of lessons learned in software organizations, consequently promoting this practice. The strategy was denominated PABC-Pattern, and three studies were developed: the first compared the approach initially called ABC-Pattern with another visual approach the Mind Map; the second compared the ABC-Pattern with the codification structure supported by the ACKNOWLEDGE tool. Results from the first study indicated that the participants had a preference in using the ABC-Pattern approach due to its usage and utility. For this preference, it follows some of the reasons identified: a) more codification details; b) a more detailed description of the knowledge s scenario which is more clarifying; c) the possibility of acquiring more information with less effort; and d) the possibility of describing both the problem and solution. The main contribution for the second study were the improvement suggestions for the ABC-Pattern, in which enabled an evolution of the strategy. The second version of the strategy was denominated PABC-Pattern and was experimentally evaluated by a third study, in an observational study, with the help of the Technology Information professionals. The results showed that PABC-Pattern found good acceptance as an approach to codify and share knowledge, and also that industry professionals would recommend its usage where they work