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3 Studies of the Work Practices of Soft - ware Engineers

In this chapter we describe various techniques for studying and representing the work of software engineers1 (SEs) and using the results to develop requirements for software engineering tools. The ultimate objective of our research is to discover techniques that will enable software engineers to more productively make changes to large legacy realtime software systems. However, to achieve this o...

Extreme Evaluations – Lightweight Evaluations for Soft- ware Developers

In most of the cases usability evaluations are done by usability experts. Employing such experts requires a certain size in business. Nevertheless users do not tolerate hard to use tools. So in a lot of small and middle sized companies developers are forced to learn handling usability aspects. This is not much easier than teaching usability engineers how to develop software. The usability evalu...

Concern Modeling for Aspect - Oriented Soft - ware Development

Separation of concerns is a fundamental principle of software engineering. Of course, concerns are modeled in a variety of guises in contemporary software development, but the modeling approaches used typically depend on the development method, development stage, artifact formalism, and other project-specific factors. Concerns in various representations are also the focus of aspect-oriented sof...

James P. Ware, Principal

Analyzing and Evaluating the Main Factors that Challenge Global Soft- ware Development

Global Software Development (GSD) projects are characterized by the fact that work is distributed throughout many geographically distanced sites. Software engineering activities in such scenarios face various challenges. Although interpersonal communication is crucial if a common understanding with regard to the system under construction is to be achieved, time separation, cultural diversity an...