Software engineering technology watch

  • Authors:

  • R. D. Cowan;Alan McKendall, Jr.;Ali Mili;L. Yang;L. Wang;D. Chen;V. Janardhana;T. Spencer

  • Affiliations:

  • SERC, P.O. Box 6109, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV;IMSE, P.O. Box 6070, West Virginia University, 34organtown, WV;CSEE Department, P.O. Box 6109, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV;CSEE Department, P.O. Box 6109, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV;CSEE Department, P.O. Box 6109, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV;CSEE Department, P.O. Box 6109, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV;CSEE Department, P.O. Box 6109, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV;CBE, P.O. Box 6025, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

  • Venue:
  • Information Sciences—Informatics and Computer Science: An International Journal - Special issue: Software engineering: Systems and tools
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

Predicting the evolution of software engineering technology is, at best, a dubious proposition; most typically, it is a frustrating exercise in disappointment and anxiety. It is not difficult to see why: the evolution of software technology is fast paced, and is determined by a dizzying array of factors, many of them outside the arena of software engineering, and most of them cannot be identified, let alone predicted, with any significant advance notice. In this paper, we briefly discuss our first ventures in this domain, and some (very) preliminary conclusions and resolutions.