The application of content analysis to programmer mailing lists as a requirements method for a software visualisation tool

Pamela O'Shea, Chris Exton

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Abstract

The study set out to examine the following research question: 'What types of information are most important to the experienced programmer during maintenance ?'. A content analysis scheme was applied to program summaries extracted from online open source Java mailing lists in order to investigate the information types employed when describing programs. The aim of which was to explore a method of requirements gathering for supportive software visualisation tools. The summaries were examined collectively and also as part of their respective task type categories. It was found that informal programmer comments and data type descriptions were most important.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSTEP 2004 Proceedings - The 12th International Workshop on Software Technology and Engineering Practice
Pages30-39
Number of pages10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005
EventSTEP 2004 - 12th International Workshop on Software Technology and Engineering Practice - Chicago, IL, United States
Duration: 17 Sep 200419 Sep 2004

Publication series

NameSTEP 2004 Proceedings - The 12th International Workshop on Software Technology and Engineering Practice

Conference

ConferenceSTEP 2004 - 12th International Workshop on Software Technology and Engineering Practice
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago, IL
Period17/09/0419/09/04

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