Topic selection in industry experiments

Ayse Tosun Misirli, Hakan Erdogmus, Natalia Juristo, Oscar Dieste

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Abstract

This paper shares our experience with initial negotiation and topic elicitation process for conducting industry experiments in six software development organizations in Finland. The process involved interaction with company representatives in the form of both multiple group discussions and separate face-to-face meetings. Fitness criteria developed by researchers were applied to the list of generated topics to decide on a common topic. The challenges we faced include diversity of proposed topics, communication gaps, misunderstanding about research methods, initial disconnect between research and industry needs, and lack of prior work relationship. Lessons learned include having enough time to establish trust with partners, importance of leveraging the benefits of training and skill development that are inherent in the experimental approach, uniquely positioning the experimental approach within the landscape of other validation approaches more familiar to industrial partners, and introducing the fitness criteria early in the process.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2nd International Workshop on Conducting Empirical Studies in Industry, CESI 2014 - Proceedings
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages25-30
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781450328432
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jun 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd International Workshop on Conducting Empirical Studies in Industry, CESI 2014 - Hyderabad, India
Duration: 2 Jun 2014 → …

Publication series

Name2nd International Workshop on Conducting Empirical Studies in Industry, CESI 2014 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference2nd International Workshop on Conducting Empirical Studies in Industry, CESI 2014
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityHyderabad
Period2/06/14 → …

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
Copyright 2014 ACM.

Keywords

  • Industry experiments
  • Topic elicitation
  • Topic selection

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