Based on their own experiences of in-depth case studies of software projects in international
corporations, in this book the authors present detailed practical guidelines on the …

Background Assessing and communicating software engineering research can be
challenging. Design science is recognized as an appropriate research paradigm for applied …

Context: Recent work on Evidence Based Software Engineering (EBSE) suggests that
systematic reviews lack connection with Software Engineering (SE) practice. In Evidence …

Although there have been studies completed on the critical success factors of software
projects, these studies all have been specific to one particular country. There has been no …

Empirical software engineering has produced a steady stream of evidence-based results
concerning the factors that affect important outcomes such as cost, quality, and interval …

Software development is a data rich activity with many sophisticated metrics. Yet engineers
often lack the tools and techniques necessary to leverage these potentially powerful …

Agile methods have evolved as a bottom-up approach to software development. However,
as the software in embedded products is only one part of development projects, agile …

Software engineering involves a blend of non-technical as well as technical issues that often
have to be taken into account in the design of empirical studies. In particular, the behavior of …

Researchers generally place the most trust in peer-reviewed, published information, such as
journals and conference papers. By contrast, software engineering (SE) practitioners …

Context: Software practitioners are a primary provider of information for field studies in
software engineering. Research typically recruits practitioners through some kind of …