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R. Conradi: Research in Software Engineering, SUs PhD day, 23 Nov. 2007 Research in Software Engineering – methods, theories,… basta o cerchiamo?NTNU, IDI, SU group PhD seminar, 23 Nov. 2007 (rev. 2 Dec. 2007, 12 Jan. 2009, 2.2.09) Reidar ConradiDept. Computer and Information Science (IDI)NTNU, NO-7491 Trondheim www.idi.ntnu.no/grupper/su/publ/ese/res-methods.ppt conradi@idi.ntnu.no, Tel +47 73.593444, Fax +47 73.594466 Ex. Software crisis - bad software Some recent Software Engineering (SE) incidents/risks in Norway: Sparebank 1 Midt-Norge (20 Oct. 2007): 200 000 netbank users got most of their scheduled, monthly transactions run twice. To be reversed the next days. Adresseavisen (2007): several printing delays due to computer problems. Skandiabanken (Spring 2007): Electronic burglary of one account. Jernbaneverket, Sandvika (20 April 2005): Almost train collision due to a stop signal not showing red. CHAOS Report (1995 and later) by Standish Group. See www.idi.ntnu.no~/conradi/IT-debate/risks.html SU motivation Software essential in many important societal activities. 50-60,000 system developers in Norway – many without formal SW education. Still many challenges wrt. software quality and delivery on time and budget; cf. [US Standish report, 1995], cited in [PITAC, 1999], on projects for tailored software: 31% stopped before finish, 81 bill. $ loss/year (1% of GNP!) 53% have serious overruns (189% average), 59 bill. $/year Some challenges: Web-systems: Manage time-to-market (TTM) vs. reliability? Component-based development (OSS, COTS): quality, risks Business critical systems How do software systems evolve over time, cf. Y2K? What is empirically known about software products and processes? How can small companies carry out systematic improvement? How to perform valid sw.eng. research in a university --