Is effectiveness sufficient to choose an intervention?: Considering resource use in empirical software engineering

Proceedings of the 10th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement Pub Date : 2016-09-08 DOI:10.1145/2961111.2962631

N. Ali

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Context: Software Engineering (SE) research with a scientific foundation aims to influence SE practice to enable and sustain efficient delivery of high quality software. Goal: To improve the impact of SE research, one objective is to facilitate practitioners in choosing empirically vetted interventions. Method: Literature from evidence-based medicine, economic evaluations in SE and software economics is reviewed. Results: In empirical SE research, the emphasis has been on substantiating the claims about the benefits of proposed interventions. However, to support informed decision making by practitioners regarding technology adoption, we must present a business case for these interventions, which should comprise not just effectiveness, but also the evidence of cost-effectiveness. Conclusions: This paper highlights the need to investigate and report the resources required to adopt an intervention. It also provides some guidelines and examples to improve support for practitioners in decisions regarding technology adoption.

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有效性是否足以让我们选择一种干预措施?:考虑经验软件工程中的资源使用

上下文:具有科学基础的软件工程(SE)研究旨在影响SE实践，以启用并维持高质量软件的有效交付。目的:为了提高SE研究的影响，一个目标是促进从业者选择经验审查的干预措施。方法:对循证医学、SE经济评价和软件经济学的相关文献进行综述。结果:在实证社会经济学研究中，重点一直放在证实所提出的干预措施的好处。然而，为了支持从业者在技术采用方面做出明智的决策，我们必须为这些干预提供一个商业案例，它不仅应该包括有效性，还应该包括成本效益的证据。结论:本文强调了调查和报告采取干预措施所需资源的必要性。它还提供了一些指导方针和示例，以改进对有关技术采用的决策的实践者的支持。

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