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A mapping study on method engineering: first results

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Marco Kuhrmann,

Daniel Méndez Fernández,

Michaela TiesslerAuthors Info & Claims

EASE '13: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering

Pages 165 - 170

https://doi.org/10.1145/2460999.2461023

Published: 14 April 2013 Publication History

Abstract

Context: Software processes have become inherently complex to cope with the various situations we face in industrial project environments. In response to this problem, the research area of Method Engineering arose in the 1990s aiming at the systematization of process construction. Objective: Although the research area has gained much attention and offered a plethora of contributions so far, we still have little knowledge about the feasibility of Method Engineering. To overcome this shortcoming, necessary is a systematic investigation of the respective publication flora. Method: We conduct a systematic mapping study and investigate, inter alia, which contributions were made over time and which research type facet they address to distill a common understanding of the state-of-the-art. Results: Based on the review of 64 publications, our results show that most of those contributions only repeat and discuss formerly introduced concepts, whereas empirically sound evidence on the feasibility of Method Engineering, is still missing. Conclusion: Although the research area constitutes many contributions, yet missing are empirically sound investigations that would allow for practical application and experience extraction.

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EASE '13: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering

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DOI:10.1145/2460999

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Kalus GKuhrmann MMünch JLan JZhang H(2013)Criteria for software process tailoring: a systematic reviewProceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Software and System Process10.1145/2486046.2486078(171-180)Online publication date: 18-May-2013
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2486046.2486078
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