Software is primarily developed for people by people and human factors must
be studied in all software engineering phases. Creativity is the source to
improvise solutions to problems for dominating complex systems such as software
development. However, there is a lack of knowledge in what creativity is in
software development and what its dynamics are. This study describes the
current state of the research plan towards a theory on creativity in software
development. More specifically, it (1) states the motivation for studying
creativity in software development under a multidisciplinary view; it (2)
provides a first review of the literature identifying the shortcomings in the
field; it (3) proposes a research design, which includes rarely employed
methods in software engineering. To understand creativity in software
development will provide a better knowledge of the software construction
process and how individuals intellectually contribute to the creation of
better, innovative products.Comment: 6 Pages. To be presented in the 14th International Conference on
Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES 2013) - Doctoral
Symposium, 12 June 2013, Paphos, Cyprus. This is the final, accepted version
(after peer review