A Methodology for Evaluating Software Engineering Methods and Tools

DESMET was a DTI-backed project with the goal of developing and validating a methodology for evaluating software engineering methods and tools. The project identified nine methods of evaluation and a set of criteria to help evaluators select an appropriate method. Detailed guidelines were developed for three important evaluation methods: formal experiments, quantitative case studies and feature analysis evaluations. This article describes the way the DESMET project used the DESMET methodology to evaluate the DESMET methodology itself.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1992
• Where: DAGSTUHL
• Authors: Barbara Kitchenham
• Keywords: DAGSTUHL 1992, DAGSTUHL 2007, DESMET Methodology, DESMET Project, Software Engineering Methods