Evidence-Based Software Engineering
Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Software Engineering
Evidence-Based Software Engineering for Practitioners
IEEE Software
Teaching Evidence-Based Software Engineering to University Students
METRICS '05 Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Software Metrics Symposium
Requirements engineering paper classification and evaluation criteria: a proposal and a discussion
Requirements Engineering
A Systematic Review of Software Development Cost Estimation Studies
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
A Systematic Review of Theory Use in Software Engineering Experiments
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Cross versus Within-Company Cost Estimation Studies: A Systematic Review
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Systematic review: A systematic review of effect size in software engineering experiments
Information and Software Technology
Evidence relating to Object-Oriented software design: A survey
ESEM '07 Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement
The Role of Deliberate Artificial Design Elements in Software Engineering Experiments
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
A mapping study on empirical evidence related to the models and forms used in the uml
Proceedings of the Second ACM-IEEE international symposium on Empirical software engineering and measurement
Systematic literature reviews in software engineering - A systematic literature review
Information and Software Technology
A systematic review of quasi-experiments in software engineering
Information and Software Technology
Software Process Simulation Modeling: Facts, Trends and Directions
APSEC '08 Proceedings of the 2008 15th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference
Review: A systematic review of software fault prediction studies
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
A systematic review of search-based testing for non-functional system properties
Information and Software Technology
What's up with software metrics? - A preliminary mapping study
Journal of Systems and Software
ESEM '09 Proceedings of the 2009 3rd International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement
Reflections on 10 years of software process simulation modeling: a systematic review
ICSP'08 Proceedings of the Software process, 2008 international conference on Making globally distributed software development a success story
The educational value of mapping studies of software engineering literature
Proceedings of the 32nd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering - Volume 1
Systematic literature reviews in software engineering - A tertiary study
Information and Software Technology
Refining the systematic literature review process--two participant-observer case studies
Empirical Software Engineering
Software process simulation modeling: an extended systematic review
ICSP'10 Proceedings of the 2010 international conference on New modeling concepts for today's software processes: software process
Empirical evidence about the UML: a systematic literature review
Software—Practice & Experience
Preliminary reporting guidelines for experience papers
EASE'09 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering
The value of mapping studies: a participantobserver case study
EASE'10 Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering
Systematic mapping studies in software engineering
EASE'08 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering
A review of studies on expert estimation of software development effort
Journal of Systems and Software
The maturity of maturity model research: A systematic mapping study
Information and Software Technology
Proceedings of the ACM-IEEE international symposium on Empirical software engineering and measurement
A mapping study to investigate component-based software system metrics
Journal of Systems and Software
International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals
ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
A survey of experienced user perceptions about software design patterns
Information and Software Technology
A review of research on risk analysis methods for IT systems
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering
Episode measurement method: a data collection technique for observing team processes
Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Software and System Process
Research state of the art on GoF design patterns: A mapping study
Journal of Systems and Software
Science of Computer Programming
Graphical user interface (GUI) testing: Systematic mapping and repository
Information and Software Technology
Combining service-orientation and software product line engineering: A systematic mapping study
Information and Software Technology
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Context: We are strong advocates of evidence-based software engineering (EBSE) in general and systematic literature reviews (SLRs) in particular. We believe it is essential that the SLR methodology is used constructively to support software engineering research. Objective: This study aims to assess the value of mapping studies which are a form of SLR that aims to identify and categorise the available research on a broad software engineering topic. Method: We used a multi-case, participant-observer case study using five examples of studies that were based on preceding mapping studies. We also validated our results by contacting two other researchers who had undertaken studies based on preceding mapping studies and by assessing review comments related to our follow-on studies. Results: Our original case study identified 11 unique benefits that can accrue from basing research on a preceding mapping study of which only two were case specific. We also identified nine problems associated with using preceding mapping studies of which two were case specific. These results were consistent with the information obtained from the validation activities. We did not find an example of an independent research group making use of a mapping study produced by other researchers. Conclusion: Mapping studies can save time and effort for researchers and provide baselines to assist new research efforts. However, they must be of high quality in terms of completeness and rigour if they are to be a reliable basis for follow-on research.