Identifying Software Engineering Challenges in Software SMEs: A Case Study in Thailand

2022 IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER) Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI:10.1109/saner53432.2022.00036

Chaiyong Ragkhitwetsagul, J. Krinke, Morakot Choetkiertikul, T. Sunetnanta, Federica Sarro

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Small and medium-sized software enterprises (SSMEs) are a vital part of emerging markets. Due to their size, they are not capable of adopting advanced software engineering techniques or automated software engineering tools in the same way large and ultra-large companies are. We study the software engineering challenges in SSMEs in Thailand, an emerging market in software development, using semi-structured interviews with four SSMEs. After performing a thematic analysis of the interview transcripts, we found a number of common challenges such as lack of testing, code-related issues, and inaccurate effort estimation. We observed that in order to introduce advanced automated software engineering tools and techniques, SSMEs need to adopt contemporary best practices in software engineering like automated testing, continuous integration and automated code review. Moreover, we suggest that software engineering research engage with SSMEs to enable them to improve their knowledge and adopt more advanced software engineering practices.

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识别软件中小企业的软件工程挑战:泰国的案例研究

中小型软件企业(SSMEs)是新兴市场的重要组成部分。由于它们的规模，它们不能像大型和超大型公司那样采用先进的软件工程技术或自动化的软件工程工具。我们对泰国这个新兴的软件开发市场的中小微企业的软件工程挑战进行了研究，采用了对四家中小微企业的半结构化访谈。在对访谈记录进行专题分析之后，我们发现了许多常见的挑战，比如缺乏测试、与代码相关的问题，以及不准确的工作量估计。我们观察到，为了引入先进的自动化软件工程工具和技术，中小企业需要在软件工程中采用现代的最佳实践，如自动化测试、持续集成和自动化代码审查。此外，我们建议软件工程研究与中小企业合作，使他们能够提高他们的知识并采用更先进的软件工程实践。

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