Research of AG SE

The Software Engineering research group is concerned with reducing the gap between the State of the Art and the average State of the Practice in all areas of software engineering.

About our research in general

Here are some of our credos that describe where we start:

Loosely speaking, the goal of our research is understanding what goes on in software processes and why. We believe such understanding will lead to improvements of the process quite readily. Our research approach is therefore primarily empirical and experience-based, rather than constructive and theory-based.

We do not wear blinders, though: Every once in a while, a project may be about something entirely different…

If you want to know more:

Research strand 1: Human factors in agile software development

Agile software development methods have taken the world by storm since about 1999, but not all is as rosy there as its protagonists suggest it should be. We are interested in all those things that are human-related and somehow appear to be more difficult than some make us believe.

Research strand 2: Research quality

We have an ongoing interest in understanding current software engineering research, in particular what may be good or bad about it. On a broader scale, we aim at improving the status of peer review throughout all subjects of research in many disciplines.

Former or dormant research topics

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