1. Chapter 9: Research Issues in Software Engineering
Ronald J. Leach
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2. General Areas of Software Engineering
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3. What are the 351 references (and others) about?
The fundamental questions – how to do software engineering
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4. The fundamental questions – how to do:
Requirements
Design
Coding
Testing
Integration
Maintenance
Cost estimation
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5. The fundamental questions – how to do:
Software reuse
Fault tolerance
Languages and efficiency
Language generators
Distributed systems
Processes
Risk management
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6. The fundamental questions – how to do:
Quality assurance
Configuration management
Methodology
Agile, …
Crystal ball
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7. The Software Engineering Literature
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8. How to Read the Software Engineering Research Literature
What does the paper describe:
System Description?
Case Study?
Comparative Study?
Controlled Experiment?
Survey?
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9. System Description Papers
A system description paper should include:
An overview of what the software does
How it differs from other systems in the same application domain
What problems were encountered and which ones remain
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Case Study Papers
A case study paper should include:
A description of the system
Some analysis of the system, in the form of lessons learned, to aid future development for the same and similar systems
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11. Comparative Study Papers
A comparative study paper should be built on existing case studies. It should include:
Some comparison of two or more systems or theories
The comparison should include as much actual data as possible
There should be an analysis and suggestions for future work
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12. Controlled Experiment Papers
A controlled experiment paper should include:
A rigorous, well-thought out experimental design
A methodology for data collection
An analysis of the results and a conclusion
A repository for the data and any software used so that the experiment can be replicated by others
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13. There should be follow-up results connecting and expanding research
System Description
Case Study
Comparative Study
Controlled Experiment
Survey
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14. Literature Survey Papers
A literature survey paper should include:
A discussion of the choices used when determining what research results to include and how the area is classified
Completeness
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