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全球软件工程研究的主题和方法:一个系统的快照

Topics and Treatments in Global Software Engineering Research: A Systematic Snapshot

Bilal Raza, Stephen G. MacDonell, Tony Clear

摘要:

这项研究提出了一个分析的最新文献解决全球软件工程(GSE)。我们使用一种新的系统快照映射(SSM)技术检查GSE研究的现状。我们分析了2011年1月至2012年6月在同行评审会议、期刊和研讨会上发表的275篇论文。我们的研究结果提供了一个粗粒度的概述,最近的文献处理GSE,通过分类研究到预定义的类别。我们还遵循并扩展了几个先前的分类,以支持我们的数据合成。我们的研究结果表明,目前GSE的研究集中在管理和基础设施相关的因素。大多数研究是在组织一级进行的,采用的方法包括访谈、调查、实地研究和个案研究。我们使用国家间网络分析来确认美国和印度是GSE的主要参与者,美国-印度合作是最经常研究的,其次是美国-中国。特定国家集团在报告的全球支持企业项目地点中占主导地位。相比之下,中亚、南亚(印度除外)、非洲和东南亚等区域未被纳入这些研究。虽然已经发表了相当数量的与GSE相关的研究,但它们目前相当狭隘地集中在探索性研究和解释性理论上。批判性研究范式一直未被触及,也许是由于缺乏在GSE中进行此类研究的标准和原则。缺乏公式化的研究、实验和模拟,比较侧重于评价方法,所有这些都表明,相关领域的现有工具、方法和办法正在全球支助环境中进行测试。然而,这些解决方案可能无法扩展以涵盖GSE相关问题,或者可能忽略GSE特有的因素/方面。

英文摘要:

This study presents an analysis of the most recent literature addressing global software engineering (GSE). We examine the current state of GSE research using a new Systematic Snapshot Mapping (SSM) technique. We analysed 275 papers published between January 2011 and June 2012 in peer-reviewed conferences, journals and workshops. Our results provide a coarse-grained overview of the very recent literature addressing GSE, by classifying studies into predefined categories. We also follow and extend several prior classifications to support our synthesis of the data. Our results reveal that currently GSE studies are focused on Management and Infrastructure related factors. Most of the studies are conducted at the organizational level using methods such as interviews, surveys, field studies and case studies. We use inter-country network analysis to confirm that the USA and India are major players in GSE, with USA-India collaborations being the most frequently studied, followed by USA-China. Specific groups of countries have dominated the reported GSE project locations. In contrast, regions including Central Asia, South Asia (except India), Africa and South East Asia have not been covered in these studies. While a considerable number of GSE-related studies have been published they are currently quite narrowly focused on exploratory research and explanatory theories. The critical research paradigm has been untouched, perhaps due to a lack of criteria and principles for carrying out such research in GSE. An absence of formulative research, experimentation and simulation, and a comparative focus on evaluative approaches, all suggest that existing tools, methods and approaches from related fields are being tested in the GSE context. However, these solutions may not scale to cover GSE-related issues or may overlook factors/facets specific to GSE.

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