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ESEM
2007
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Defect Detection Efficiency: Test Case Based vs. Exploratory Testing
This paper presents a controlled experiment comparing the defect detection efficiency of exploratory testing (ET) and test case based testing (TCT). While traditional testing lite...
Juha Itkonen, Mika Mäntylä, Casper Lasse...
ESEM
2007
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Checklists for Software Engineering Case Study Research
Case study is an important research methodology for software engineering. We have identified the need for checklists supporting researchers and reviewers in conducting and reviewi...
Martin Höst, Per Runeson
ESEM
2007
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Automated Information Extraction from Empirical Software Engineering Literature: Is that possible?
The number of scientific publications is constantly increasing, and the results published on Empirical Software Engineering are growing even faster. Some software engineering publ...
Daniela Cruzes, Victor R. Basili, Forrest Shull, M...
ESEM
2007
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
A Controlled Experiment on the Effects of Synchronicity in Remote Inspection Meetings
Traditionally, software inspection has largely relied on collocated interaction of inspectors. As companies have begun to turn to distributed software development, meeting in a ro...
Fabio Calefato, Filippo Lanubile, Teresa Mallardo
ESEM
2007
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
A Critical Analysis of Empirical Research in Software Testing
In the foreseeable future, software testing will remain one of the best tools we have at our disposal to ensure software dependability. Empirical studies are crucial to software t...
Lionel C. Briand
ESEM
2007
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Value-Based Empirical Research Plan Evaluation
Empirical studies are crucial to gain evidence on the effects of software engineering methods and tools in defined contexts. However, empirical studies can be costly and thus need...
Stefan Biffl, Dietmar Winkler
ESEM
2007
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Usage and Perceptions of Agile Software Development in an Industrial Context: An Exploratory Study
Agile development methodologies have been gaining acceptance in the mainstream software development community. While there are numerous studies of Agile development in academic an...
Andrew Begel, Nachiappan Nagappan
ESEM
2007
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
An Estimation Model for Test Execution Effort
It is important for test managers to be able to estimate the effort required to execute the test suites requested by development teams, as well to estimate its capacity for attend...
Eduardo Aranha, Paulo Borba
ESEM
2007
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Effort Prediction in Iterative Software Development Processes -- Incremental Versus Global Prediction Models
Estimation of development effort without imposing overhead on the project and the development team is of paramount importance for any software company. This study proposes a new e...
Pekka Abrahamsson, Raimund Moser, Witold Pedrycz, ...
ESEM
2007
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Evidence relating to Object-Oriented software design: A survey
Context: There is little empirical knowledge of the effectiveness of the object-oriented paradigm. Objectives: To conduct a systematic review of the literature describing empirica...
John Bailey, David Budgen, Mark Turner, Barbara Ki...