Title :
Strongly formative pilot studies on constraints in early life-cycle work
Author :
Brooks, Andrew ; Takada, Shingo ; Scott, Louise
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK
Abstract :
Two pilot studies in CASE radically changed the way in which data was to be gathered and interpreted i.e. the pilot studies were strongly rather than weakly formative. We report on these two pilot studies, focussing on the key lessons learnt for empirical software engineering which include new ways of thinking about productivity and quality issues
Keywords :
computer aided software engineering; software metrics; software performance evaluation; software quality; CASE; computer aided software engineering; constraints; early life-cycle work; empirical software engineering; productivity; quality issues; strongly formative pilot studies; Computer aided software engineering; Computer science; Design for experiments; Joining processes; Laboratories; Problem-solving; Productivity; Software engineering; Software tools; Usability;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering Conference, 1999. (APSEC '99) Proceedings. Sixth Asia Pacific
Conference_Location :
Takamatsu
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0509-0
DOI :
10.1109/APSEC.1999.809657
