Outputs (5)

A mapping study on empirical evidence related to the models and forms used in the UML (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pretorius, R., & Budgen, D. (2008, February). A mapping study on empirical evidence related to the models and forms used in the UML. Presented at ESEM'08: the 2008 ACM-IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, Kaiserslautern, Germany

Context: Although the Unified Modeling Language (UML) is now widely used, there is little empirical knowledge about the effectiveness of its different elements. Objectives: To conduct a systematic review of the literature describing empirical studies... Read More about A mapping study on empirical evidence related to the models and forms used in the UML.

Presenting software engineering results using structured abstracts: A randomised experiment. (2008)
Journal Article
Budgen, D., Kitchenham, B. A., Charters, S., Turner, M., Brereton, P., & Linkman, S. (2008). Presenting software engineering results using structured abstracts: A randomised experiment. Empirical Software Engineering, 13(4), 435-468. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-008-9075-7

When conducting a systematic literature review, researchers usually determine the relevance of primary studies on the basis of title and abstract. However, experience indicates that the abstracts for many software engineering papers are of too poor a... Read More about Presenting software engineering results using structured abstracts: A randomised experiment..

Using a protocol template for case study planning (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brereton, P., Kitchenham, B., Budgen, D., & Li, Z. (2008, June). Using a protocol template for case study planning. Presented at 12th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, EASE 2008, Bari, Italy

In order to undertake a series of case studies aimed at investigating systematic literature reviews, we have developed a case study protocol template. This paper introduces the template and discusses our experiences of using the template and the resu... Read More about Using a protocol template for case study planning.

Lessons learnt undertaking a large-scale systematic literature review (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, M., Kitchenham, B., Budgen, D., & Brereton, P. (2008, June). Lessons learnt undertaking a large-scale systematic literature review. Presented at 12th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, EASE 2008, Bari, Italy

We have recently undertaken a large-scale Systematic Literature Review (SLR) of a research question concerning the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). At the end of the study, we observed some anomalies during the analysis of the extracted data. In ou... Read More about Lessons learnt undertaking a large-scale systematic literature review.

Lessons from a cross-domain investigation of empirical practices (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Budgen, D., Bailey, J., Turner, M., Kitchenham, B., Brereton, P., & Charters, S. (2008, June). Lessons from a cross-domain investigation of empirical practices. Presented at 12th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, EASE 2008, Bari, Italy

Context: We are seeking the best ways to employ evidence-based practices in software engineering research and practice. Objectives: To help assess our guidelines for conducting systematic literature reviews we have investigated how other academic dis... Read More about Lessons from a cross-domain investigation of empirical practices.