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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Comparing distributed and face-to-face meetings for software architecture evaluation: a controlled experiment |
Author: | Babar, M. Kitchenham, B. Jeffery, R. |
Citation: | Empirical Software Engineering: an international journal, 2008; 13(1):39-62 |
Publisher: | Springer US |
Issue Date: | 2008 |
ISSN: | 1382-3256 1573-7616 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Muhammad Ali Babar, Barbara Kitchenham, Ross Jeffery |
Abstract: | Scenario-based methods for evaluating software architecture require a large number of stakeholders to be collocated for evaluation meetings. Collocating stakeholders is often an expensive exercise. To reduce expense, we have proposed a framework for supporting software architecture evaluation process using groupware systems. This paper presents a controlled experiment that we conducted to assess the effectiveness of one of the key activities, developing scenario profiles, of the proposed groupware-supported process of evaluating software architecture. We used a cross-over experiment involving 32 teams of three 3rd and 4th year undergraduate students. We found that the quality of scenario profiles developed by distributed teams using a groupware tool were significantly better than the quality of scenario profiles developed by face-to-face teams (p < 0.001). However, questionnaires indicated that most participants preferred the face-to-face arrangement (82%) and 60% thought the distributed meetings were less efficient. We conclude that distributed meetings for developing scenario profiles are extremely effective but that tool support must be of a high standard or participants will not find distributed meetings acceptable. |
Keywords: | Architecture evaluation Process improvement Controlled experiments Groupware support Scenario development |
Rights: | © Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 2007 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10664-007-9052-6 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10664-007-9052-6 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Computer Science publications |
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