Context Industry-academia collaboration (IAC) in the field of software engineering is widely
discussed in the literature, highlighting its importance and benefits. However, along with the …

Context Software refactoring aims to improve software quality and developer productivity.
Numerous empirical studies investigating the impact of refactoring activities on software …

Context In embedded software industry, stakeholders usually promote run-time properties
(eg, performance, energy efficiency, etc.) as quality drivers, which in many cases leads to a …

Context Reading and understanding the source code are fundamental to supporting
software programmers' daily activities. Still, there is no agreement regarding the program …

Background: Coding guidelines can be contradictory despite their intention of providing a
universal perspective on source code quality. For instance, five attributes (code size …

Context: Several code guidelines aim at providing a common perspective on the readability
and comprehensibility of source code. However, in many cases, they are contradictory on …

CONTEXTO. Na engenharia de software (ES), alinhar pesquisa e prática tem sido um
desafio. OBJETIVO. Auxiliar os pesquisadores na extração de questões práticas dos …

Atividades de retrabalho são responsáveis por grande parte dos custos de um projeto de
desenvolvimento de software, sendo que parte poderia ser evitada. Este artigo apresenta a …

The costs in quality are necessary for the permanence of an organization in the market.
However, it conflicts with the software development for innovation context, which aim at …

Few would deny today the importance of empirical studies in the field of Software
Engineering and, indeed, an increasing number of studies are being conducted involving …