Some advocates of empirical studies of software engineeringappear to be claiming that empirical studies alone cantellus how we should do software development.This paperargues that what can be learned from empirical studies,while important, is very limited.Mathematical studies andempirical studies must be seen as mutually supportiveways to increase our knowledge of software developmentmethods.The role of empirical studies should be limited toconfirming that what works in theory can actually be used(and useful) in practice.
The Professor David Lorge Parnas Inaugural Lecture, discussing why software quality research is important, what topics he will be studying and how research at the Software Quality Research Laboratory (SQRL) will be conducted.
Most software products are too large to be completed by a single person in a short period. To make the development manageable, the software must be divided into components that can be developed (and later maintained) ...
In traditional engineering design, preparation of a sequence of documents precedes the actual
construction begins. Each document is used for review and analysis and, after revision, serves as
input to the next phase in ...
Improperly designed interfaces can make modular programs almost indistinguishable from monoliths. An interface encapsulates design decisions only if it need not be changed when those design decisions are changed. This talk ...
