Research Proposal

Robert Young

English 250

Section PN

3/12/2014

Software Engineer Communication

My paper will be about the methods that are used to communicate ideas between Software Developers in a small group setting as well as analyze the ways in which Software Engineers coordinate their work, so that no job is left behind or done twice. I already know most of the media by which Software Engineers communicate: Face-to-face, code, email, etc. I would like to learn what kinds of things they put in emails, whether the face-to-face meetings are more formal or informal, etc. It would be also interesting to learn where this communication can fail, and what can be done to prevent failures from happening any further down the road.

In my paper, I plan to cite several articles from peer-reviewed journals that cover the types of communication that are used in Software engineering as well as why they are used, and how. I will also use a couple of visuals to emphasize how well certain types of communication work better than others for certain tasks, and which type of communication is better overall.