Getting at ephemeral flaws

Lopez, Tamara; Petre, Marian and Nuseibeh, Bashar (2012). Getting at ephemeral flaws. In: Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE), 2012 5th International Workshop on, 2 June, 2012, Zurich.

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DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link:	http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1109/CHASE.2012.6223030
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Abstract

Software rarely works as intended when it is initially written. Things go wrong, and developers are commonly understood to form theories and strategies to deal with them. Much of this knowledge relates to ephemeral flaws rather than reported bugs, and is not captured in the software record. As a result, these flaws and understanding about them are neglected in software engineering research. In this paper we describe a study designed to elicit stories from software developers about problems they encounter in their daily work. We also offer preliminary thoughts about the utility of retrospective interviewing in getting at information about ephemeral flaws.

Item Type:	Conference Item
Copyright Holders:	2012 IEEE
Extra Information:	ISBN: 978-1-4673-1823-5 pp.90-92
Academic Unit/Department:	Mathematics, Computing and Technology > Computing
Interdisciplinary Research Centre:	Centre for Research in Computing (CRC)
Item ID:	35040
Depositing User:	Tamara Lopez
Date Deposited:	01 Nov 2012 15:27
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2012 10:04
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/35040

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