Towards an artifact to support agile teams in software analytics activities

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2019

Authors

Joelma Choma (Author) Other; Eduardo M. Guerra (Author) Other; Tiago Silva da Silva (Author) Other; Luciana A. M. Zaina (Author) Other; Filipe Figueiredo Correia (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, SEKE

Pages: 88-122

31st International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, SEKE 2019

10 July 2019 through 12 July 2019

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Authenticus ID: P-00R-0GB

DOI: 10.18293/seke2019-146

Abstract (EN): Software analytics supports data-driven decision making, which allows software practitioners to leverage valuable insights from software data to improve their processes and many quality aspects of the software. In this paper, we present an artifact designed from a set of patterns to support agile teams to plan and manage software analysis activities, named Software Analytics Canvas. Further, we report the study undertaken to evaluate the ease of use and the utility of our canvas from the practitioners' viewpoint, and a participatory design session carried out to collect information about possible artifact improvements. In general, subjects found the artifact useful, but some of them reported difficulties in learning and understanding how to use it. In the participatory design, they pointed out improvement points and a new layout for the canvas components. The results of both studies helped us refine the proposed artifact, improving both the terms used in each element and the layout of the blocks to make more sense for its users.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6