CAREER: Information Sources for Software Maintenance

提案9984047 Carolyn B.Seaman，Carolyn B.马里兰大学巴尔的摩县分校CAREER：软件维护的信息源该项目由一系列实证研究组成，以了解软件维护员如何获得有关被维护系统的信息，目标是总体上提高维护过程的质量和生产率。它首先对需要考虑的因素进行探索性调查，包括适当的有效性衡量标准、信息来源的可操作性定义以及其他相关变量的确定。然后研究当前的维护实践，以确定哪些资源在不同情况下是有效的、有效的和可用的。最后，根据探索性工作的结果，提出了对维修实践的改进意见，并进行了实证验证。研究设计包含了各种各样的研究方法，以三角测量结果并权衡对有效性的不同威胁。业界的参与至关重要，这不仅是为了取得有效和有益的成果，而且也是为了确保实现这项工作的重大长期潜力。这项工作还包括一个由两个主要活动组成的教育部分：开发一个专注于生命周期后期阶段的软件工程课程(重点是维护)，以及让研究生和本科生广泛参与软件工程研究。

Proposal 9984047Seaman, Carolyn B.University of Maryland Baltimore CountyCAREER: Information Sources for Software MaintenanceThis project consists of a series of empirical studies to understand how software maintainers gain information about the systems being maintained, with the goal of improving the quality and productivity of maintenance processes in general. It begins with an exploratory investigation of what factors need to be considered, including appropriate measures of effectiveness, an operational definition of information source, and identification of other relevant variables. Then current maintenance practices are studied to determine what sources are efficient, effective, and available in different situations. Finally, based on the results of the exploratory work, improvements to maintenance practice are proposed and empirically validated. The study designs incorporate a wide variety of research methods in order to triangulate findings and trade off different threats to validity. Industrial participation is crucial, not only to obtain valid and useful results, but also to ensure that the significant long-term potential of this work is realized. This work also includes an educational component consisting of two major activities: development of a software engineering course concentrating on the latter stages of the lifecycle (emphasizing maintenance), and extensive involvement of graduate and undergraduate students in software engineering research.