I used this set of slides to argue for the creation of a new domain around software assessment.

1. holistic
software
assessment
www.tudorgirba.com

2. assessment is the process of
understanding a given situation
to support decision making

3. apply
hypothesize
analysis
confident? interpret
act

4. development

5. development assessment
Basili - 1997, Ko etal - 2005

8. development assessment

9. holistic
software
assessment

10. explicit
holistic
software
assessment

11. explicit
holistic integrated
software
assessment

12. explicit
holistic integrated
software tailored
assessment

13. explicit
holistic integrated
software tailored
assessment
reshaped

14. explicit
holistic integrated
software tailored
assessment
reshaped

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22. manual automatic
tailored generic

23. manual automatic
tailored generic

24. manual automatic
tailored generic

25. explicit
holistic integrated
software tailored
assessment
reshaped

26. apply
hypothesize
analysis
confident? interpret
act

27. existing apply
hypothesize analysis? analysis
confident? interpret
act

28. craft
analysis
existing apply
hypothesize analysis? analysis
confident? interpret
act

29. craft
analysis
existing apply
hypothesize analysis? analysis
confident? interpret
act

30. 12 L. Renggli, S. Ducasse, T. Gˆ
ırba, O. Nierstrasz
4
generic detection
Lint
3
2
1 dedicated detection
Slime
18 000
18’000
16’000
16 000
14’000
14 000
lines of code
LOC
Seaside 2.6
Seaside 2.7
Seaside 2.8
Seaside 2.9a1
Seaside 2.9a2
Seaside 2.9a3
Seaside 2.8.1
Seaside 2.8.2
Seaside 2.8.3
2.6 2.7 2.8 2.8.1 2.8.2 2.8.3 2.9.1 2.9.2 2.9.3
Renggli Ducasse Girba Nierstrasz - TOOLS 2010

31. Girba - case study - 2010

32. craft
analysis
existing apply
hypothesize analysis? analysis
confident? interpret
act

33. Girba - case study 2011

34. Girba - case study 2011

35. craft
analysis
existing apply
hypothesize analysis? analysis
confident? interpret
act

36. Girba - case study 2010

37. Girba - case study 2010

38. Girba - case study 2010

39. craft
analysis
existing apply
hypothesize analysis? analysis
confident? interpret
act

41. view shape
rectangle
width: #numberOfX;
height: #numberOfY.
view nodes: modules.
view edges: modules
fromAll: #dependencies
to: #yourself.
view dominanceLayout.
Meyer Girba Lungu - Softvis 2006

43. Girba Bunge etal - work in progress

45. explicit
holistic integrated
software tailored
assessment
reshaped

46. explicit
holistic integrated
software tailored
assessment
reshaped

48. Kuhn Girba Ducasse - WCRE 2005

49. data collection
data mining
clustering visualization
Kuhn Ducasse Girba - IST 2007

50. data collection
data mining
clustering visualization
visualization
Kuhn Ducasse Girba - IST 2007

51. Lungu Lanza Girba Heeck - WCRE 2007

53. explicit
holistic integrated
software tailored
assessment
reshaped
www.tudorgirba.com

54. Tudor Gîrba
www.tudorgirba.com
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