Background Assessing and communicating software engineering research can be
challenging. Design science is recognized as an appropriate research paradigm for applied …

Background: Modern Code Review (MCR) is a lightweight alternative to traditional code
inspections. While secondary studies on MCR exist, it is ua nknown whether the research …

Software engineering research aims to help improve real-world practice. With the adoption
of empirical software engineering research methods, the understanding of real-world needs …

Context: Recent work on Evidence Based Software Engineering (EBSE) suggests that
systematic reviews lack connection with Software Engineering (SE) practice. In Evidence …

Systematic literature reviews (SLRs) have become the foundation of evidence-based
software engineering (EBSE). Conducting an SLR is largely a manual process. In the past …

Context. Technical debt (TD) prevention allows software practitioners to apply practices to
avoid potential TD items in their projects. Aims. To uncover and prioritize, from the point of …

Integrating research evidence into practice is one of the main goals of evidence-based
software engineering (EBSE). Secondary studies, one of the main EBSE products, are …

Abstract Context: Systematic Literature Reviews (SLR) have been recognized as an
important research method for summarizing evidence in Software Engineering (SE). At the …

Empirical software engineering research aims to generate prescriptive knowledge that can
help software engineers improve their work and overcome their challenges, but deriving …

Context: Technical debt (TD) payment refers to the activity of expending maintenance effort
and resources to make up for the effects of previous technical compromises. Aims: To …