Directions and Methodologies for Empirical Software EngineeringResearch

Abstract

This report summarises and builds on the results of the ’’Directions and Methodologies for Empirical Software Engineering Research‘‘ group discussion. In particular, we considered the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to empirical software engineering research in light of the discussions and presentations during the workshop. The following sections describe each of these aspects of our discussion in turn. In addition, to finalise our discussion we agreed on a three-point plan for future work.