Science and Substance: A Challenge to Software Engineers

Authors:
Norman Fenton;Shari Lawrence Pfleeger;Robert L. Glass
Affiliations:
City Univ., London, UK;City Univ., London, UK;Computing Trends, State College, PA
Venue:
IEEE Software
Year:
1994

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Abstract

For 25 years, software researchers have proposed improving software development and maintenance with new practices whose effectiveness is rarely, if ever, backed up by hard evidence. We suggest several ways to address the problem, and we challenge the community to invest in being more scientific.