Process Modelling and Empirical Studies of Software Evolution(PMESSE‘97) Workshop Report

  • Authors:

  • R. Harrison;L. Briand;J. Daly;M. Kellner;D. M. Raffo;M. J. Shepperd

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK;Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Kaiserslautern, Germany;Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Kaiserslautern, Germany;Software Engineering Institute, CMU, USA;School of Business Administration, Portland State University, USA;Department of Computing, Bournemouth University, UK

  • Venue:
  • Empirical Software Engineering
  • Year:
  • 1997

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Abstract

Much progress is being made in both the areas of processmodelling and software metrics. However, neither of these conceptsis complete without the other: processes cannot be improved ifno assessment of quality is available, and metrics are uselessif they cannot be applied in order to assess the evolution ofsystems. The PMESSE (Process Modelling and Empirical Studiesof Software Evolution) Workshop, held in Boston MA, on May 18,1997, brought together researchers and practitioners from bothof these fields, and stimulated some very lively debate on theseissues. This collection of reports reflects the work done bythe Workshops five Working Groups.Dialogue between the software metrics and process modelling communitiesis essential. This workshop succeeded in bringing together researcherswith a wide range of research interests, and the resulting discussionswere very animated. Perhaps the most contentious point of discussionlay in the ’level of granularity‘ question; some suggested thatonly high-level measurements were sensible, whereas others preferredto ’divide and conquer‘ the system, providing detailed processmeasurement schemas. No doubt this debate will continue.