This paper describes an investigation using data from a number of open source mailing lists. A methodology is described that details the procedure used to extract program summaries posted to mailing lists by experienced ...
Agile methods may produce software faster but we
also need to know how they meet our quality
requirements. In this paper we compare the waterfall
model with agile processes to show how agile
methods achieve software ...
Given the current popularity of Global Software Development (GSD) increasing numbers of organisations are taking the opportunity offered to set up virtual software teams. This approach allows companies to partner experienced ...
In traditional modelling approaches, such as entity-relationship modelling,
the predominant information modelling problem is how to represent external
reality in the system in a ‘true’ way. In these approaches semantic ...
We describe a tool that enables users to record and visualise runtime behaviour of
software applications developed in Java. The execution trace, stored in the form of an
XML le is visualized using 3D call graphs that ...
Mc Caffery, Fergal; Wilkie, F.G.; McFall, Donald(2004)
This presentation discusses statistical findings obtained from a survey of the state of software development practices within Northern Ireland (NI). The survey was developed and conducted by staff from the Centre for ...
The concept of usability has evolved in different research communities and the focus of research has varied. During the last couple of years, research has been oriented towards acknowledging more appropriately the social ...
McCarthy, Eoin; Exton, Chris(Association for Computing Machinery, 2004)
Many attempts have been made to construct tools that aid a programmers understand-
ing of source code and system structure. Syntactic highlighting and tabbed interfaces can
only be useful to a degree; greater steps need ...
The development of on-line learning communities across international boundaries is now a viable proposition using available asynchronous technologies. As has been reported in previous papers (Grodzinsky, Griffin & Jefferies, ...