Empirical Evaluation of Software Maintenance Technologies

Authors:
Filippo Lanubile
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 (lanubile@cs.umd.edu)
Venue:
Empirical Software Engineering
Year:
1997

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Abstract

Technology evaluationis part of the decision-making process of any software organization.Unlike conventional wisdom, empirical evaluation strives to avoidbiased conclusions by relying on observation and looking forpitfalls in the evaluation process. In this paper, we providea summary of the maintenance studies presented in the session’’Study and assessment of (new) technologies‘‘ of the InternationalWorkshop on Empirical Studies of Software Maintenance (WESS ‘96),and also report on the working group discussion which focusedon common problems and open issues in the field of technologyevaluation. These empirical studies are then classified accordingto a multi-dimensional framework to synthesize the state of theresearch in technology evaluation and ultimately discover interestingpatterns.