Name: Action Research in Software Engineering
ISBN: 978-3-030-32610-4

Authors:

Miroslaw Staron ⁰

Miroslaw Staron
1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
View author publications

You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Describes in detail one of the main research methodologies used for academia-industry research collaborations
Each chapter shares essential insights into action research and how to apply it
Covers the whole software lifecycle and includes a wealth of practical use cases and examples

12k Accesses
40 Citations
8 Altmetric

eBook USD 16.99 ~~USD 39.99~~

Discount applied Price excludes VAT (Canada)

Softcover Book USD 16.99 ~~USD 54.99~~

Discount applied Price excludes VAT (Canada)

Hardcover Book USD 84.99

Price excludes VAT (Canada)

Learn about institutional subscriptions

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution.

Table of contents (12 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xix

PDF
Introduction
- Miroslaw Staron
Pages 1-13
Action Research as Research Methodology in Software Engineering
- Miroslaw Staron
Pages 15-36
Diagnosing
- Miroslaw Staron
Pages 37-56
Action Planning
- Miroslaw Staron
Pages 57-72
Action Taking
- Miroslaw Staron
Pages 73-92
Evaluation
- Miroslaw Staron
Pages 93-122
Specifying Learning
- Miroslaw Staron
Pages 123-139
Action Research vs. Design Research
- Miroslaw Staron
Pages 141-151
Ensuring Sustainability of Knowledge
- Miroslaw Staron
Pages 153-168
Validity Evaluation
- Miroslaw Staron
Pages 169-189
Reporting Action Research Studies
- Miroslaw Staron
Pages 191-213
Conclusions
- Miroslaw Staron
Pages 215-220

About this book

This book addresses action research (AR), one of the main research methodologies used for academia-industry research collaborations. It elaborates on how to find the right research activities and how to distinguish them from non-significant ones. Further, it details how to glean lessons from the research results, no matter whether they are positive or negative. Lastly, it shows how companies can evolve and build talents while expanding their product portfolio.

The book’s structure is based on that of AR projects; it sequentially covers and discusses each phase of the project. Each chapter shares new insights into AR and provides the reader with a better understanding of how to apply it. In addition, each chapter includes a number of practical use cases or examples. Taken together, the chapters cover the entire software lifecycle: from problem diagnosis to project (or action) planning and execution, to documenting and disseminating results, including validity assessments for AR studies.

The goal of this book is to help everyone interested in industry-academia collaborations to conduct joint research. It is for students of software engineering who need to learn about how to set up an evaluation, how to run a project, and how to document the results. It is for all academics who aren’t afraid to step out of their comfort zone and enter industry. It is for industrial researchers who know that they want to do more than just develop software blindly. And finally, it is for stakeholders who want to learn how to manage industrial research projects and how to set up guidelines for their own role and expectations.

Keywords

Software Engineering
Empirical Studies
Software Validation
Software Development
Research Methodologies

Authors and Affiliations

Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Miroslaw Staron

About the author

Miroslaw Staron is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He has published extensively on software metrics, model-driven software development and empirical software engineering, and has worked together with Ericsson, Volvo and other telecom companies and car manufacturers.

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Action Research in Software Engineering
Book Subtitle: Theory and Applications
Authors: Miroslaw Staron
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32610-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-32609-8Published: 03 December 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-32612-8Published: 03 December 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-32610-4Published: 24 November 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 220
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 62 illustrations in colour
Topics: Software Engineering, Software Management, IT Operations