Software Team Management

Dublin Institute of Technology

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Dissertations School of Computing

2009-07-01

Knowledge transfer within a software development team

Geraldine Conway

Dublin Institute of Technology, brendan.tierney@dit.ie

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Knowledge Transfer within a Software Development Team

Geraldine Conway

A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of Dublin Institute of Technology for the degree of M.Sc. in Computing (Knowledge Management)

July 2009

I certify that this dissertation, which I now submit for examination for the award of MSc in Computing (Knowledge Management), is entirely my own work and has not been taken from the work of others save and to the extent that such work has been cited and acknowledged within the test of my work.

This dissertation was prepared according to the regulations for postgraduate study of the Dublin Institute of Technology and has not been submitted in whole or part for an award in any other Institute or University.

The work reported on in this dissertation conforms to the principles and requirements of the Institute’s guidelines for ethics in research.

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Date:

29th July 2009

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ABSTRACT

Knowledge in a software company is the blood of the company, not surviving without the valuable knowledge running through its veins. Knowledge is no longer seen as an object of competitive advantage but is the core...