From Ad-hoc to Rapid Reviews: a systematic (and not so rapid) evolution – Keynote Speech
Guilherme Horta Travassos · 2022
Literature reviews used to be the seed of most investigations and research activities.They are usually simple to execute and mostly are performed ad-hoc.However, ad-hoc literature reviews, despite their usefulness to start studies on determining topics of interest, typically present low scientific strength due to a lack of replicability, coverage, and dependability of the researcher's experience.Therefore, researchers have invested in supporting more systematic literature reviews to minimize bias and provide more reliable findings to support their conclusions.It includes different strategies such as multivocal reviews, mapping studies, (quasi) Systematic Literature Reviews, and currently, Rapid Reviews.This talk intends to discuss and exemplify these different review strategies and their features in the context of Evidence-Based Software Engineering.