In this article we summarize the strengths and weaknesses of empirical research in software engineering. We argue that in order to improve the current situation we must create bet...
Dewayne E. Perry, Adam A. Porter, Lawrence G. Vott...
Even though software is developed by humans, research in software engineering primarily focuses on the technologies, methods and processes they use while disregarding the importan...
Robert Feldt, Richard Torkar, Lefteris Angelis, Ma...
The power and the generality of the findings obtained through empirical studies are bounded by the number and type of participating subjects. In software engineering, obtaining a ...
My work has two relationships with End User Software Engineering. First, as an Empirical Software Engineer, I am interested in meeting with people who do research into techniques ...
This article describes a survey which aims to identify the relative importance of a set of factors that affect the motivation of software engineers at work. The conceptual underpi...