Informal software design knowledge reuse

In this paper, I describe a novel approach for developing and evaluating an infrastructure for supporting informal knowledge capture, representation, and reuse during software design meetings. It is the goal of this work to address the challenges that exist in reusing knowledge while at the whiteboard. The research centers on the design and evaluation of DesignMinders, a tool that augments electronic whiteboards to support the capture and exploration of knowledge using electronic note cards, which can be used over time to preserve knowledge generated during past sessions. The tool will be analyzed in an evaluation that will compare designs produced by two teams, one using DesignMinders and one not.