Software developers have long known that project success requires a robust understanding of both technical and social linkages. However, research has largely considered these inde...
Anita Sarma, Larry Maccherone, Patrick Wagstrom, J...
Analyzing accidents is a vital exercise in the development of safety-critical software systems to prevent past accidents from reoccurring in the future. Current practices such as ...
Tariq Mahmood, Edmund Kazmierczak, Tim Kelly, Denn...
One of the characteristics of large software systems is that they evolve over time. Evolution patterns include modifications related to the implementation, interfaces and the over...
Ladan Tahvildari, Richard Gregory, Kostas Kontogia...
This paper describes a study performed in an industrial setting that attempts to build predictive models to identify parts of a Java system with a high probability of fault. The s...
Problem frames provide a means of analyzing and decomposing problems. They emphasise the world outside of the computer, helping the developer to focus on the problem domain, inste...
Jon G. Hall, Michael Jackson, Robin C. Laney, Bash...