http://hdl.handle.net/1880/45347 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:42:02 GMT 2013-05-24T09:42:02Z http://hdl.handle.net/1880/47840 Title: Refactoring References for Library Migration - Appendix Authors: Kapur, Puneet; Cossette, Brad; Walker, Robert J. Abstract: This report is a companion to the paper “Refactoring References for Library Migration” published at the ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Systems, Programming, Languages, and Applications: Software for Humanity (SPLASH) 2010. It provides the detailed results mentioned therein. Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:24:11 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1880/47840 2010-06-09T17:24:11Z http://hdl.handle.net/1880/47309 Title: Communication, Collaboration, and Bugs: The Social Nature of Issue Tracking in Software Engineering Authors: Bertram, Dane; Voida, Amy; Greenberg, Saul; Walker, Robert Abstract: Issue tracking systems help organizations manage issue reporting, assignment, tracking, resolution, and archiving. Traditionally, it is the Software Engineering community that researches issue tracking systems, where software defects are reported and tracked as ‘bug reports’ within an archival database. Yet issue tracking is fundamentally a social process and, as such, it is important to understand the design and use of issue tracking systems from that perspective. Consequently, we conducted a qualitative study of the use of issue tracking systems by small, collocated software development teams. We found that an issue tracker is not just a database for tracking bugs, features, and inquiries, but also a focal point for communication and coordination for many stakeholders within and beyond the software team. Customers, project managers, quality assurance personnel, and programmers all contribute to the shared knowledge and persistent communication that exists within the issue tracking system. We articulate various real-world practices surrounding issue trackers and offer design implications for future systems. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:50:52 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1880/47309 2009-06-16T15:50:52Z http://hdl.handle.net/1880/47297 Title: The End-to-End Use of Source Code Examples: An Exploratory Study - Appendix Authors: Holmes, Reid; Cottrell, Rylan; Walker, Robert; Denzinger, Joerg Abstract: This appendix contains the details of our case studies outlined in our paper for the 2009 International Conference on Software Maintenance, as well as an expanded discussion section. The reader is directed to the main paper for introduction, motivation, and related work. Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:54:07 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1880/47297 2009-06-15T17:54:07Z http://hdl.handle.net/1880/46089 Title: A Lightweight Approach to Technical Risk Estimation via Probabilistic Impact Analysis Authors: Walker, Robert J.; Holmes, Reid; Hedgeland, Ian; Kapur, Puneet; Smith, Andrew Abstract: An evolutionary development approach is increasingly commonplace in industry but presents increased difficulties in risk management, for both technical and organizational reasons. In this context, technical risk is the product of the probability of a technical event and the cost of that event. This paper presents a technique for more objectively assessing and communicating technical risk in an evolutionary development setting that (1) operates atop weaklyestimated knowledge of the changes to be made, (2) analyzes the past change history and current structure of a system to estimate the probability of change propagation, and (3) can be discussed vertically within an organization both with development staff and high-level management. A tool realizing this technique has been developed for the Eclipse IDE. Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1880/46089 2006-02-15T00:00:00Z