ICSE 2009 highlights

Here’s the list of my highlights from ICSE 2009. It is, of course, a very partial list, focused on the “human” or “soft” or “cooperative” or “whatever-its-name-is” side of software development that interests me.
The CHASE workshop
The Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering workshop is the one I always look forward to, and if most [...]

The Secret Life of Bugs: a brief summary

Well, my ICSE talk has come and gone, and I’m very happy with it and with the feedback I got. Now, with the talk behind, I feel it’s a good idea to give a brief summary of what the paper Gina and I wrote is all about. I should say though, if you’re interested in [...]

My ICSE 2007 picks

Before letting the ICSE 2007 topic to rest, I wanted to write some notes about some papers that I found satisfying and relevant to my research interests. ICSE is a huge conference, and although it has something for everyone, it’s easy to get lost in its proceedings. Greg Wilson has already posted an initial list [...]

Ed Yourdon on the Peopleware panel

Ed Yourdon, one of the participants of the ICSE Peopleware panel I blogged about, has an extremely informative description of the panel’s discussion in his blog.
Here’s an insightful bit: During the panel, Tom DeMarco half-jokingly blamed Barry Boehm (another panelist) for the relatively slow adoption of agile development. Boehm, after all, had reported that the [...]

ICSE 2007, Day 3 (and last)

Some pointers to interesting research presented on the third –and last– day of the International Conference on Software Engineering:

Information needs of software teams: Andrew Ko reported on a nice paper about the kinds of information needed by developers in a Microsoft team. The list of “information needs” that the study offers can easily be treated [...]

ICSE 2007, Day 2

Second day at ICSE, and again a nice batch of paper presentations:

Testing: John Rooksby & Co. presented an ethnographic study of testing in a small company. They pointed out how “rigour” in testing is constrained by dynamics of customer relationships, strategic decisions, and testing effort.
Software Coordination: Jim Herbsleb listed the challenges and research areas for [...]

ICSE 2007, Day 1

Some notes of Day 1* of the 29th International Conference on Software Engineering, from Minneapolis:
To me, the high point of the day, and quite possibly of the conference, was a panel session on “Retrospectives on Peopleware”, with Barry Boehm, Fred Brooks Jr., Tom DeMarco, Tim Lister, Linda Rising, and Ed Yourdon. I don’t know how [...]