Insights on Transferring Software Engineering Scientific Knowledge to Practice
Talita Vieira Ribeiro, Jeffrey C. Carver, Guilherme Horta Travassos · 2023
CONTEXT. In software engineering (SE), aligning research and practice has long been challenging. GOAL. To assist researchers in extracting practical issues from the practical knowledge repositories of SE and making scientific information about SE accessible to practitioners. METHOD. We conducted several empirical studies to determine the causes of the disconnect between research and practice, which makes it challenging for practitioners to seek out and apply scientific knowledge. RESULTS. We obtained data on practitioners' difficulties with finding, comprehending, and evaluating SE scientific knowledge that supported us in creating a set of eight heuristics for conducting practical research in SE.