Transferring re-engineering technology to a software development and maintenance organization: an experience report

Technology transfer does not happen spontaneously after research results and prototypes have been demonstrated. Researchers need to get more actively involved in “pushing technology out of the door.” This paper describes an experiment that we conducted in 1993 to facilitate technology transfer. There are two aspects of this experiment: the integration of a re-engineering process into an existing software development and maintenance organization; and the evaluation of a research prototype in a “real world” situation. The experiment resulted in recommendations on adaptation of the tool functionality and on a configuration for use by different teams within the target organization