Abstract
Software engineering is not only an increasingly challenging endeavor that goes beyond the intellectual capabilities of any single individual engineer but also an intensely human one. Tools and methods to develop software are employed by engineers of varied backgrounds within a large variety of organizations and application domains. As a result, the variation in challenges and practices in system requirements, architecture, and quality assurance is staggering. Human, domain, and organizational factors define the context within which software engineering methodologies and technologies are to be applied and therefore the context that research needs to account for, if it is to be impactful. This article provides an assessment of the current challenges faced by software engineering research in achieving its potential, a description of the root causes of such challenges, and a proposal for the field to move forward and become more impactful through collaborative research and innovation between public research and industry. This article is part of a theme issue on software engineering's 50th anniversary.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 8409904 |
| Pages (from-to) | 44-49 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | IEEE Software |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Sep 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- collaborative research
- context-driven research
- empirical software engineering
- software development
- software engineering
- software engineering research
