Title :
Dealing with Risk in Scientific Software Development
Author :
Sanders, Rebecca ; Kelly, Diane
Author_Institution :
Queen´´s Univ., Kingston, ON
Abstract :
The development of scientific software involves risk in the underlying theory, its implementation, and its use. Through a series of interviews, the authors explored how research scientists at two Canadian universities developed their software. These interviews indicated that the scientists used a set of strategies to address risk. They also suggested where the software engineering community could perform research focused on specific problems faced by scientific software developers.
Keywords :
natural sciences computing; program testing; risk management; software development management; system documentation; risk management; scientific software development; software engineering; software testing; system documentation; Application software; Bridges; Chemistry; Defense industry; Educational institutions; Military computing; Optical computing; Physics computing; Programming; Risk management; Professional end-user developer; empirical study; scientific application software; software development; software testing;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
