Systematic reviews are only as good as the evidence they are based on. It is important,
therefore, that users of systematic reviews know how much confidence they can place in the …

Agile approaches tend to focus solely on sco** and simplicity rather than on problem
solving and discovery. This hampers the development of innovative solutions. Additionally …

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 …

Case study is a suitable research methodology for software engineering research since it
studies contemporary phenomena in its natural context. However, the understanding of what …

Have you ever had a need to evaluate software engineering methods or techniques against
each other? This book presents experimentation as one way of evaluating new methods and …

Over the past decade with the rise of the Mining Software Repositories (MSR) field, the
modelling of defects for large and long-lived systems has become one of the most common …

Empirical methods have grown common in software engineering, but there is no consensus
on how to apply them properly. Is practical relevance key? Do internally valid studies have …

One of the goals of software engineering research is to achieve generality: Are the
phenomena found in a few projects reflective of others? Will a technique perform as well on …

Software-product-line engineering aims at the development of variable and reusable
software systems. In practice, software product lines are often implemented with …

After more than 40 years of life, software evolution should be considered as a mature field.
However, despite such a long history, many research questions still remain open, and …