Thu 7 Dec 2023 14:00 - 14:15 at Golden Gate A - Empirical Studies II Chair(s): Peter Rigby

The primary theory of software engineering is that an organization’s Policies and Processes influence the quality of its Products. We call this the PPP Theory. Although empirical software engineering research has grown common, it is unclear whether researchers are trying to evaluate the PPP Theory. To assess this, we analyzed half (33) of the empirical works published over the last two years in three prominent software engineering conferences. In this sample, 70% focus on policies/processes or products, not both. Only 33% provided measurements relating policy/process and products. We make four recommendations: (1) Use PPP Theory in study design; (2) Study feedback relationships; (3)Diversify the studied feedforward relationships; and (4) Disentangle policy and process. Let us remember that research results are in the context of, and with respect to, the relationship between software products, processes, and policies.

Thu 7 Dec

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14:00 - 15:30
Empirical Studies IIResearch Papers / Ideas, Visions and Reflections / Industry Papers / Journal First at Golden Gate A
Chair(s): Peter Rigby Concordia University; Meta
14:00
15m
Talk
Reflecting on the use of the Policy-Process-Product Theory in Empirical Software Engineering
Ideas, Visions and Reflections
Kelechi G. Kalu Purdue University, Taylor R. Schorlemmer Purdue University, Sophie Chen University of Michigan, Kyle A. Robinson Purdue University, Erik Kocinare Purdue University, James C. Davis Purdue University
DOI Pre-print Media Attached
14:15
15m
Talk
Understanding the Role of External Pull Requests in the NPM Ecosystem
Journal First
Vittunyuta Maeprasart Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Supatsara Wattanakriengkrai Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Raula Gaikovina Kula Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Christoph Treude University of Melbourne, Kenichi Matsumoto Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Media Attached
14:30
15m
Talk
A Multidimensional Analysis of Bug Density in SAP HANA
Industry Papers
Julian Reck SAP, Thomas Bach SAP, Jan Stoess University of Applied Sciences Karlsruhe
DOI Media Attached
14:45
15m
Talk
[Remote] Understanding the topics and challenges of GPU programming by classifying and analyzing Stack Overflow posts
Research Papers
Wenhua Yang Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Chong Zhang Nanjing University, Minxue Pan Nanjing University
Media Attached
15:00
15m
Talk
[Remote] Ownership in the Hands of Accountability at Brightsquid: A Case Study and a Developer Survey
Industry Papers
Umme Ayman Koana York University, Francis Chew Brightsquid, Chris Carlson Brightsquid, Maleknaz Nayebi York University
DOI
15:15
15m
Talk
[Remote] Software Architecture in Practice: Challenges and Opportunities
Research Papers
Zhiyuan Wan Zhejiang University, Yun Zhang Zhejiang University City College, Xin Xia Huawei Technologies, Yi Jiang Huawei, David Lo School of Computing and Information Systems, Singapore Management University
Media Attached