On the use of visualization to support awareness of human activities in software development: a survey and a framework

  • Authors:
  • Margaret-Anne D. Storey;Davor Čubranić;Daniel M. German

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Victoria;University of Victoria;University of Victoria

  • Venue:
  • SoftVis '05 Proceedings of the 2005 ACM symposium on Software visualization
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

This paper proposes a framework for describing, comparing and understanding visualization tools that provide awareness of human activities in software development. The framework has several purposes -- it can act as a formative evaluation mechanism for tool designers; as an assessment tool for potential tool users; and as a comparison tool so that tool researchers can compare and understand the differences between various tools and identify potential new research areas. We use this framework to structure a survey of visualization tools for activity awareness in software development. Based on this survey we suggest directions for future research.