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COMP 290

Large-scale and Open Source Software Development - Dickinson College

Reading 03

Read Chapter 3: Communication in Cooperative Software Development by Amy J. Ko.

Discussion Questions:

  1. The author argues that “Computer science as a discipline, and the software industry that it shapes, has only just begun to consider the urgent need for cultural competence”.
    • What is cultural competence?
    • To what degree do you agree or disagree with the author that it is an “urgent need” in computer science and the software industry? Why?
    • As someone potentially headed into the software industry, What things are you currently doing or that you can do to grow your own cultural competence?