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Empirical Software Engineering Models: Can They Become the Equivalent of Physical Laws in Traditional Engineering? Read chapter Read first chapter

2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Paths to Software Engineering Evidence

Author : Ross Jeffery

Published in: Perspectives on the Future of Software Engineering

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Abstract

In recent years there has been a call from researchers in empirical software engineering to carry out more research in the industrial setting. The arguments for this have been well founded and the benefits clearly enunciated. But apart from the community’s call for empirical goals to be based around business goals, there has been little consideration of the business conditions under which empirical software engineering methods may, or may not, be appropriate for the business. In this paper the empirically derived high-level management practices that are associated with business success are used as initial decision criteria to decide the path to follow: (a) whether empirical software engineering research will be of value to the business, and (b) if it is of value, the form that that research might take. The place of theory is considered in the case of path (b).

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Metadata
Title
Paths to Software Engineering Evidence
Author
Ross Jeffery
Copyright Year
2013
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book
Perspectives on the Future of Software Engineering

Print ISBN: 978-3-642-37394-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-642-37395-4

Copyright Year: 2013

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37395-4_9

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