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Date
2012
Abstract
Software rarely works as intended when it is initially written. Things go wrong, and developers are commonly understood to form theories and strategies to deal with them. Much of this knowledge relates to ephemeral flaws rather than reported bugs, and is not captured in the software record. As a result, these flaws and understanding about them are neglected in software engineering research. In this paper we describe a study designed to elicit stories from software developers about problems they encounter in their daily work. We also offer preliminary thoughts about the utility of retrospective interviewing in getting at information about ephemeral flaws.
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peer-reviewed
Publisher
IEEE Computer Society
Citation
Proceedings of 5th International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE 2012) co-located with ICSE 2012;pp. 90-92
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Lopez_2012_getting.pdf
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Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Royal Society Wolfson