Preliminary guidelines for empirical research in software engineering
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
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Teaching Evidence-Based Software Engineering to University Students
METRICS '05 Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Software Metrics Symposium
The Golden Age of Software Architecture
IEEE Software
Editor's corner: An analysis of research topics in software engineering - 2006
Journal of Systems and Software
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Motivation in Software Engineering: A systematic literature review
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A mapping study on empirical evidence related to the models and forms used in the uml
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A Systematic Review of Usability Evaluation in Web Development
WISE '08 Proceedings of the 2008 international workshops on Web Information Systems Engineering
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ECSA '08 Proceedings of the 2nd European conference on Software Architecture
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AGILE '08 Proceedings of the Agile 2008
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A systematic review of quasi-experiments in software engineering
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Models of motivation in software engineering
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Reporting Empirical Research in Global Software Engineering: A Classification Scheme
ICGSE '08 Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering
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Evaluating and selecting software packages: A review
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Towards a Defect Prevention Based Process Improvement Approach
SEAA '08 Proceedings of the 2008 34th Euromicro Conference Software Engineering and Advanced Applications
The repertory grid technique: Its place in empirical software engineering research
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Context-aware systems: A literature review and classification
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
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Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
An update to experimental models for validating computer technology
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A systematic review of search-based testing for non-functional system properties
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User-centered evaluation of adaptive and adaptable systems: A literature review
The Knowledge Engineering Review
Pair programming as a teaching tool: a student review of empirical studies
CSEET '09 Proceedings of the 2009 22nd Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training
A systematic review of theory use in studies investigating the motivations of software engineers
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
A systematic literature review to identify and classify software requirement errors
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The effectiveness of pair programming: A meta-analysis
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State of the art for risk management in software acquisition
ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
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The use of empirical methods in Open Source Software research: Facts, trends and future directions
FLOSS '09 Proceedings of the 2009 ICSE Workshop on Emerging Trends in Free/Libre/Open Source Software Research and Development
Using Scrum in Global Software Development: A Systematic Literature Review
ICGSE '09 Proceedings of the 2009 Fourth IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering
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ICGSE '09 Proceedings of the 2009 Fourth IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering
Model-based testing approaches selection for software projects
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A systematic review of UML model consistency management
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A Systematic Survey of Program Comprehension through Dynamic Analysis
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A systematic review on regression test selection techniques
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A systematic review of domain analysis solutions for product lines
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The role of software process simulation modeling in software risk management: A systematic review
ESEM '09 Proceedings of the 2009 3rd International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement
A systematic review of software maintainability prediction and metrics
ESEM '09 Proceedings of the 2009 3rd International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement
Action research use in software engineering: An initial survey
ESEM '09 Proceedings of the 2009 3rd International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement
ESEM '09 Proceedings of the 2009 3rd International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement
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Unit Testing Approaches for BPEL: A Systematic Review
APSEC '09 Proceedings of the 2009 16th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference
APSEC '09 Proceedings of the 2009 16th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference
An Analysis for Understanding Software Security Requirement Methodologies
SSIRI '09 Proceedings of the 2009 Third IEEE International Conference on Secure Software Integration and Reliability Improvement
Variability management in software product lines: a systematic review
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Gathering current knowledge about quality evaluation in software product lines
Proceedings of the 13th International Software Product Line Conference
Requirements engineering in the development of multi-agent systems: a systematic review
IDEAL'09 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Intelligent data engineering and automated learning
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ICSP'08 Proceedings of the Software process, 2008 international conference on Making globally distributed software development a success story
Systematic literature reviews in software engineering - A tertiary study
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Proceedings of the 2010 ACM-IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement
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Challenges and improvements in distributed software development: a systematic review
Advances in Software Engineering
Preliminary reporting guidelines for experience papers
EASE'09 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering
Harmfulness of code duplication: a structured review of the evidence
EASE'09 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering
An assessment of published evaluations of requirements management tools
EASE'09 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering
A literature review of expert problem solving using analogy
EASE'09 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering
A status report on the evaluation of variability management approaches
EASE'09 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering
Reducing test effort: A systematic mapping study on existing approaches
Information and Software Technology
What scope is there for adopting evidence-informed teaching in SE?
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Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science (ENTCS)
A survey of experienced user perceptions about software design patterns
Information and Software Technology
A tertiary study: experiences of conducting systematic literature reviews in software engineering
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering
A roadmap for software maintainability measurement
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A systematic review of systematic review process research in software engineering
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Risks and risk mitigation in global software development: A tertiary study
Information and Software Technology
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Context: Since the introduction of evidence-based software engineering in 2004, systematic literature review (SLR) has been increasingly used as a method for conducting secondary studies in software engineering. Two tertiary studies, published in 2009 and 2010, identified and analysed 54 SLRs published in journals and conferences in the period between 1st January 2004 and 30th June 2008. Objective: In this article, our goal was to extend and update the two previous tertiary studies to cover the period between 1st July 2008 and 31st December 2009. We analysed the quality, coverage of software engineering topics, and potential impact of published SLRs for education and practice. Method: We performed automatic and manual searches for SLRs published in journals and conference proceedings, analysed the relevant studies, and compared and integrated our findings with the two previous tertiary studies. Results: We found 67 new SLRs addressing 24 software engineering topics. Among these studies, 15 were considered relevant to the undergraduate educational curriculum, and 40 appeared of possible interest to practitioners. We found that the number of SLRs in software engineering is increasing, the overall quality of the studies is improving, and the number of researchers and research organisations worldwide that are conducting SLRs is also increasing and spreading. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that the software engineering research community is starting to adopt SLRs consistently as a research method. However, the majority of the SLRs did not evaluate the quality of primary studies and fail to provide guidelines for practitioners, thus decreasing their potential impact on software engineering practice.