The Discovery of Grounded Theory Practices for Software Engineering Research

Software engineering (SE) research addresses not only technical issues but also human behaviour. SE is considered as an immature discipline because many technical and social issues concerning software development and management have yet to be specified. SE in general is inclined towards quantitative...

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Vydané v:Electronic journal of business research methods Ročník 18; číslo 2; s. 153 - 165
Hlavní autori: Razali, Rozilawati, Alqudah, Mashal Kasem, Zainal, Dzulaiha Aryanee Putri
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: Reading Academic Conferences International Limited 23.02.2021
Predmet:
Behavior
Best practice
Case studies
Computer aided software engineering
Discipline
Discovery
Engineering
Grounded theory
Management development programmes
Novices
Qualitative research
Researchers
Social development
Social issues
Social sciences
Software
Software development
Software engineering
Software quality
Theory
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Abstract Software engineering (SE) research addresses not only technical issues but also human behaviour. SE is considered as an immature discipline because many technical and social issues concerning software development and management have yet to be specified. SE in general is inclined towards quantitative approaches. Nevertheless, qualitative methods are still appropriate for SE research as the methods encourage deep understanding of subject matter. Grounded Theory (GT) is regarded as one of the potential qualitative methods that is applicable to SE research. The method is able to transform less and unknown SE phenomena into cohesive theories through systematic discovery of empirical data from the ground. This paper shares some encounters of using GT in SE research based on the reflection made on several SE research projects covering various phases of software development life cycle. The encounters are then transformed into adaptations and classified as GT practices for SE research, as an effort to inspire the spirit of using GT in SE particularly among novices. The practices embrace aspects concerning formulating research questions, handling preconceptions, utilising software tools, getting access to data and presenting theory and its development process. To illustrate on how the practices were derived, a case study is presented. The proposed GT practices could act as the starting point of adopting GT in SE research. They shall be refined and improved in future to possibly become best practices when more and more experience of using GT in SE are obtained.
AbstractList Software engineering (SE) research addresses not only technical issues but also human behaviour. SE is considered as an immature discipline because many technical and social issues concerning software development and management have yet to be specified. SE in general is inclined towards quantitative approaches. Nevertheless, qualitative methods are still appropriate for SE research as the methods encourage deep understanding of subject matter. Grounded Theory (GT) is regarded as one of the potential qualitative methods that is applicable to SE research. The method is able to transform less and unknown SE phenomena into cohesive theories through systematic discovery of empirical data from the ground. This paper shares some encounters of using GT in SE research based on the reflection made on several SE research projects covering various phases of software development life cycle. The encounters are then transformed into adaptations and classified as GT practices for SE research, as an effort to inspire the spirit of using GT in SE particularly among novices. The practices embrace aspects concerning formulating research questions, handling preconceptions, utilising software tools, getting access to data and presenting theory and its development process. To illustrate on how the practices were derived, a case study is presented. The proposed GT practices could act as the starting point of adopting GT in SE research. They shall be refined and improved in future to possibly become best practices when more and more experience of using GT in SE are obtained.
Author Mashal Kasem Alqudah
Dzulaiha Aryanee Putri Zainal
Rozilawati Razali
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Discovery
Engineering
Grounded theory
Management development programmes
Novices
Qualitative research
Researchers
Social development
Social issues
Social sciences
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Software quality
Theory
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