When Prototyping Meets Storytelling. Practices and Malpractices in Innovating Software Firms

Raffaele Ciriello, Alexander Richter, Gerhard Schwabe

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    Abstract

    Storytelling is an important but often underestimated practice in software engineering. Whereas existing research widely regards storytelling as creating a common understanding between developers and users, we argue that storytelling and prototyping are intertwined practices for innovators to persuade decision makers. Based on a two-year qualitative case study in two innovating software firms, we identify and dialectically examine practices of storytelling and prototyping. Our study implies that storytelling and prototyping should be integrated together into software engineering methods.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication2017 IEEE/ACM 39th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), Proceedings
    Number of pages10
    PublisherIEEE
    Publication date22 May 2017
    Pages163-172
    ISBN (Print)978-1-5386-2717-4/17
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 22 May 2017
    Event39th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE2017) - Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Duration: 20 May 201727 May 2017

    Conference

    Conference39th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE2017)
    Country/TerritoryArgentina
    CityBuenos Aires
    Period20/05/201727/05/2017

    Keywords

    • software engineering
    • prototyping
    • storytelling

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