Creativityin Software Development

About Me

Professionally developing software since 2003

Focus on web, mobile and game development

Into the gaming industry since 2008

Former Lead developer Web Games @ Gameforge

Now gun for hire: Eckert Internet Services

Are Software Developers Creative?

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Definition of Creativity

There is no spoon.

No universally valid definition!

Best Matches

[] in terms of the cognitive processes that lead to an original (e.g., novel, unique, or highly unusual) and adaptive (e.g., fitting, useful, orapt) insight, idea, or solution.Runco, 1994

[...] the ability to produce work that is both novel (i.e., original, unexpected) and appropriate (i.e., useful, adaptive concerning task constraints)Sternberg & Lubbart, 1996

> Novel & Useful