This paper motivates the need for more research to ensure a consistent level of reliability in software systems. We briefly outline the relevant developments that drive this need...
Scalability of software engineering methods can be improved by application of the methods to individual components instead of complete systems. This is, however, possible only if ...
Abstract. Developing and maintaining software systems is a knowledge intensive task. One needs knowledge of the application domain of the software, the problem the system solves, t...
: Refactoring is a process meant to improve the internal quality of software systems. However, while on one hand, the guidelines for this delicate process are still empirical and q...
Configuration and change request management systems offer valuable information for the assessment of process quality characteristics. The definition of appropriate metrics that ad...
Holger Schackmann, Martin Jansen, Christoph Lischk...