Graphical documentation is often characterized as an effective aid in program
understanding. However, it is an open question exactly which types of graphical …

Software reverse engineering is a subdiscipline of software engineering, striving to provide
support for the comprehension of software systems by creating suitable representations of …

One of the reasons why research tools often remain lab orphans is that it is so difficult for
third parties to adopt the solution and make efficient use of it in their own work. This paper …

It is often claimed Real-Client Real-Project (RCRP) courses are important providers of
industry relevant experience and skills to students. How do we know this is so? We cannot …

As part of Software Technology and Engineering Practice (STEP) 2002 conference, the 2nd
International Workshop on Adoption-Centric Software Engineering (ACSE 2002) was held in …

This paper outlines some of the issues in fostering adoption via empirical studies. There has
been a welcomed shift in recent years towards the use of evidence-based techniques to …

Transitioning results from academic research into industrial practice should be a goal of
modern software engineering. However, technology adoption is not something for academia …

Technology transfer does not happen automatically. One of the primary reasons that
academic research fails to be adopted by industrial practitioners is that the benefits of doing …

The key objective of this workshop is to explore innovative approaches to the adoption of
software engineering tools and practices-in particular by embedding them in extensions of …

Evidence (in different forms) is widely employed to establish and refine ideas about what
constitutes good practice in many domains of science and engineering. However, software …